United Church of Bernardston - Bernardston, MA - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

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The United Church of Bernardston is a federated church of the United Church of Christ and the Methodist Episcopal Church. The church has a complex history.

In colonial Massachusetts the construction of a Congregational church was require to establish a town. Bernardston, then known as Falls Town Fight Township was settled in 1735. The first church was built in 1739. In 1823 the congregation split between Congregationalist and Unitarians. Nine Congregationalist left the church and, in 1825, built the present church on land donated by Judge Job Goodale. They named their church the Evangelical and later the Orthodox Congregational Church and then the Goodale Memorial Church.

In 1912 the Goodale Memorial United Church united with the Methodist Episcopal Society of Bernardston to form the Goodale Memorial United Church. After 1957, Congregationalists voted to become part of the U.C.C. and in 1965 the Goodale Memorial United Church change its name to the United Church of Bernardston.

The Colonial style United Church of Bernardston has a set of steps leading up to projecting entrance pavilion covered by a pediment and gable roof. The two story high church has a gable roof an a central entrance flanked by a pair of screened windows. A second pair of screened windows on the second level are direct above those on the lower level.

Rising from the gable roof is a three stage steeple. The lower stage is a square towr. Next is a belfry with louvered windows flanked by a pair piasters on each side. The top is a slender octagonal spire topped with a weather vane.

The east side of the main block of the church is three bays wide with an auxiliary entrance on the first bay and five screened double hung windows on the other bays. The west side has three small basement windows and three larger screened windows on the upper level. Additions to the back and east of the back have been added to the church.

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1825 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Congregational, U. C. C. & United Methodist Church If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 10:30 AM Street address of Church: 58 Church Street Bernardston, MA United States 01337 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed

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