First Parish Meeting House, 1758 - Biddeford, York County
The First Parish Meeting House is the oldest public building in Biddeford and one of the oldest meeting houses in Maine. It is a single story, gable front structure, sheathed in clapboards. Its symmetrical facade contains two entry doors on the ground floor and a sash window in the gable. Both the window and doors are topped by a louvered pointed arch. It was built by Nathaniel Perkins, a local master builder, using hand hewn timbers. The building originally had a belfry and side galleries on the interior. These were removed along with the soundboard and the pulpit lowered in 1840.