First Baptist Church of Great Pond, Great Pond, c. 1890-1895

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Criterion A: Community Planning and ArchitectureCriterion C: ArchitectureCriterion Consideration A: Religious facilityLocal significance

The Free Baptist Church of Great Pond is a small, well proportioned, and pleasant looking wood frame church with a projecting front vestibule, two-stage belfry, and spire. The singular building is located on the village?s main road, overlooking a broad valley, and is adjacent to the town?s former school house, now the town hall. The church was constructed between 1890 and 1895 by the members of the Free Baptist Church, with extensive financial support from the entire community. Although the congregation folded in about 1907, the building continued to be used for services and family reunions periodically into the 1930s, and remains as the tiny community?s most central and prominent landmark. As the only formal example of architecture, only religious edifice, and only un-altered public building in Great Pond, the Free Baptist Church is significant for its architecture. In addition, the building symbolizes the most prosperous period in the town?s history and as such is significant within the area of community development.