Located at the end of Church Street in Yarmouth, the North Yarmouth and Freeport Baptist Meeting House was originally constructed in 1796, but its current appearance is the result of changes made in 1825 and 1837. The original building was 46' wide and 50' deep. It originally had ten window openings on each side, which were later enclosed. The building likely had a porch or small steeple in the front as well. In 1825 the building was expanded by 10' in length, the front pedimented projection added with the steeple. In 1837 the window configuration on the side of the building was completed. The meeting house is likely the oldest built for a Baptist congregation in Maine. The Baptist movement began to spread into Maine in the late eighteenth century. This congregation was born from a group that broke from the local Congregational Church and formed in 1793. The church cost $1,338 and was funded through the sale of pews, a typical practice at that time. With the building's convenient location in the center of Yarmouth (in the area then known as the Upper or Corner Village), it also housed town meetings for many years. The building has been maintained by the Town of Yarmouth and the Village Improvement Society since 1946.
Year Listed: 1978
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