The First Baptist Church is an early nineteenth-century building that exhibits Greek Revival-style features resulting from extensive remodeling in 1849. The house of worship is a two-story rectangular wooden framed building sitting on a granite slab and sheathed in weatherboards. It features a gable-front pediment, corner pilasters, and broad entablatures above the pair of widely spaced front doors. The doors are flanked by wide pilasters and multi-light transoms and topped with broad entablatures. The windows are double-hung sash with many small panes of glass with functional shutters. The church traces its origins to a meeting in late 1791. Before being remodeled, the building featured galleries, a nave floor, and a high pulpit with a sounding board. By mid-nineteenth century the sanctuary was framed by two enclosed staircases and filled with pews with curvilinear armrests. Regular services were held until 1947. Since then the church has been maintained by the First Baptist Church and Society and is occasionally used for community functions like weddings, funerals, and a yearly grange gathering.
Year Listed: 1988
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