- Harpswell Meetinghouse
Infobox_nrhp | name =Harpswell Meetinghouse
nrhp_type = nhl
caption =
nearest_city=Brunswick, Maine
lat_degrees = 43
lat_minutes = 47
lat_seconds = 56
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 69
long_minutes = 59
long_seconds = 15
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maine
area =
built =1757
architect= Eaton,Elisha
architecture= Colonial
designated=November 24 ,1968 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=771&ResourceType=Building
title=Harpswell Meetinghouse |accessdate=2008-05-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =November 24 ,1968 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Local
refnum=68000014Harpswell Meetinghouse is a building started in 1757 for use as a
Congregational church and as a town meeting hall. [ [http://community.curtislibrary.com/hhs/park/meetinghouse/meetinghouse.htm Harpswell Historical Society page on Old Meeting House] ]It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1968.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/68000014.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Harpswell Meetinghouse] |32 KB|date=September 7, 1976 |author=James Dillon |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/68000014.pdf "Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 1967"] |32 KB]It is located on Maine 123 in Harpswell Center 9 miles south of Brunswick.
References
External links
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.me0004 Old Town & Meeting House, State Route 123, Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME: 8 photos, 13 drawings, 3 data pages] , at
Historic American Building Survey
* [http://community.curtislibrary.com/hhs/park/meetinghouse/meetinghouse.htm Harpswell Historical Society page on Old Meeting House]
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