Union Church of Northeast Harbor

Historic church in Maine, United States
Church in Mount Desert Island, United States
WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryStatusActiveFounded1883DedicatedJuly 17, 1889ArchitectureArchitect(s)Peabody and StearnsArchitectural typeShingle styleYears built1887–1889Construction cost$17,989.39SpecificationsMaterials
  • Fieldstone
  • wood
ClergyMinister(s)
  • Rev. Sarah Pringle-Lewis
  • Hannah Mondrach
Pastor(s)The Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Cistone (since 2016)LaityOrganist(s)Hope RowanParish administratorLee Maldonado
Union Church of Northeast Harbor
44°17′40″N 68°17′29″W / 44.29444°N 68.29139°W / 44.29444; -68.29139Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)Built1887ArchitectPeabody and StearnsArchitectural styleShingle styleNRHP reference No.98000722[1]Added to NRHPJune 26, 1998

The Union Church of Northeast Harbor is a historic church at 21 Summit Road in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Designed by Peabody and Stearns and built in 1887, it is a notable local example of Shingle style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] The congregation is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

History and description

The church congregation was established in 1883, with the first meetings being held in a local one room schoolhouse. In 1886, the 100 member congregation—a mix of 65 summer and 35 full-time residents—formally organized as the Union Church Association. They acquired the land for the building from Samuel N. Gilpatrick, who had donated the land. The Association formed a building committee which consisted of Charles William Eliot, a summer resident, in addition to brothers Danforth and Ansel Manchester. in 1887, the committee chose the noted Boston firm of Peabody and Stearns, one of New England's leading architectural firms of the period, to design the new church building. In 1889, the building was completed in and dedicated on July 17, 1889. The cost of the project and construction totaled $17,989.39.[2][3]

Peabody and Stearns were also responsible for alterations to the transept gable ends made in 1913, costing $2,314.82.[2] This church was highlighted among those built along Maine's seacoast for its particularly organic appearance in relationship to its surroundings and Scandinavian influence.[3]

The Union Church is set on the northeast side of Summit Road, just north of its junction with Joy Road in a residential area of Northeast Harbor, on Schoolhouse Ledge. It is a cruciform structure, built out of stone and wood. Most of the structure is built out of glacial till, with dressed granite corner quoins, and stone buttresses. The end of the transept is finished in vertical board-and-batten siding, and the roof is finished in wood shingles. A squat stone tower rises above the southeastern end of the building. The street-facing façade of the church presents its long axis, with the long nave to the left, and the main entrance just to the right of the south transept, sheltered by a buttressed porch.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Robinson, Annie (2010). Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages (1st ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393732184.
  3. ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Union Church of Northeast Harbor". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-04-20.

External links

  • United Church of Christ, Northeast Harbor web site
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