Jonesboro Union Church - Jonesboro ME
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N 44° 39.579 W 067° 34.463
19T E 613023 N 4946131
Built in 1841 and significantly restyled in 1911, it is the community's only surviving 19th-century church.
Waymark Code: WMX9XR
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2017
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Jonesboro Union Church is a historic church on Looks Point Road, at the junction with U.S. Route 1 in Jonesboro, Maine. Built in 1841 and significantly restyled in 1911, it is the community's only surviving 19th-century church. It is also notable for its eclectic blend of architectural styles, and is an important early ecclesiastical work of Portland architect Edward Leander Higgins. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
The town of Jonesboro had three congregations in 1840, for whom this church was built as a union meeting house in 1841. By the turn of the 20th century two of the congregations were no longer active, and the building was in need of extensive repairs. Portland architect Edward Leander Higgins was retained to design changes to what had been a traditional Greek Revival structure, in order to accommodate a large sanctuary.
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