The Clough Meeting House was constructed in 1846 by local farmer Henry M. Garcelon (1819-1884) to serve the Second Free Will Baptist Church of Lewiston. Located across the street from the Clough Cemetery, the attractive but austere one story, wood-frame building shares many characteristics common to rural mid-nineteenth century houses of worship, including symmetrical composition, few stylistic details and gable-front orientation. However this otherwise vernacular building features a pulpit situated between the front entrances and pews that face the fa?ade rather than the back wall of the church. This relatively uncommon church arrangement is known as a ?reverse plan?, and was used most frequently in Maine by Free Will Baptist church organizations. The building specifications detailed by the congregation in 1846 are extant and provide information about another now destroyed reverse plan church in a neighboring town. In addition, this well preserved and intact church is notable for its wealth of grain painted interior decoration, including a rare example of smoke painting. The Clough Meeting House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level of significance its architectural significance as the best preserved example of a reverse plan church in Maine, and for the artistic significance embodied in the rare smoke grain decoration.