Located nearly two miles north of Route 25 in rural Porter, the Old Meeting House is a two-story frame building that sits on a granite foundation. This structure, referred to as a church and a meetinghouse, served dual purposes over time - as religious sanctuary for congregations as well as for municipal purpose as a place for the townspeople to gather and make decisions for the future. The side-gabled roofed building is sheathed in clapboard siding and has a door on each end of the front faade. The interior is open with a three-sided gallery and original box pews. Construction of the meeting house began in 1818 but was not completed until 1824. The church was used by a sect called the "Bullokites" who were followers of a Baptist clergyman named Jeremiah Bullock. The Baptist movement first began to spread into Maine in the late eighteenth century. In the 1950s the Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society took over the care and maintenance of the building which included restoring the pulpit by using most of the original parts in 1969.
Year Listed: 1972
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