Mount Caesar Historic District


  • Address: 620, 623, 628 and 679 Old Homestead Hwy
  • Type: Historic District
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

The First Congregational Church of Swanzey is a 19th century religious meetinghouse in Swanzey, New Hampshire, United States of America. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1765/00/00 Begun before 1755, the first church building (lost) is completed in time for a hurricane to spin it 90 degrees. The site of this first meetinghouse is marked by a granite monument on Mount Caesar, old "Meetinghouse Hill".
1796/00/00 620 Old Homestead Hwy: The 2nd meetinghouse is built by the town. As a public building it is used for town meetings and services by both Congregationalists and Universalists. About 1850, the building was reduced to a single story and is now the town hall.
1804/01/12 Thomas Trowbridge Died Thomas Trowbridge dies at age 69 in Swanzey, New Hampshire. Mr Trowbridge is buried at Mount Caesar Cemetery, 633 Old Homestead Hwy, Swanzey, NH.
1836/00/00 Virgil Woodcock Architect 679 Old Homestead Hwy: The current First Congregational Church, Brick Meetinghouse, is built by Virgil Woodcock for a price of $2,000 with a slate roof, steeple, belfry and bell. Horse sheds were erected on the site of the current Friendship Hall.
1843/00/00 Zadoc Lovell Taft Carpenter 628 Old Homestead Hwy is built in Swanzey, NH. now the Mt Caesar Union Library, it was renovated in 2024.

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Particulars for Mount Caesar Historic District:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Structure Belfry, Campanile
Sight Category Building
Funerary Cemetery
Building Type Church
Historic Use City or Town Hall
Architectural Style Federal Style
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Religion




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