Early Settlers Meeting House, Leighton Corner
- Address: Foggs Ridge Rd
- Vicinity: Jct of Granite Rd
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1806/00/00 | The fall of 1806, the Free Will Baptist denomination arrives in Ossipee. The first baptisms into the new faith will take place in the summer of 1807 and the first communion service will be held in a barn near Leighton's Corner in June of 1809. | |||||
| 1811/00/00 | Jacob Leighton | Benefactor, Member | Jacob Leighton donates the land for the Early Settlers Meeting House at Leighton Corner. Mr Leighton and others will give labor and lumber for its construction. | |||
| 1812/00/00 | Organization of the First Free Will Baptist Church of Ossipee takes place between 1811 and 1816. The building may have been built as early as 1804 or as late as 1818, but there is a strong tradition that the meetinghouse was standing in 1812. | |||||
| 1856/00/00 | With the Early Settlers' Meetinghouse in disrepair, the First Free Will Baptist Church splits into liberal and conservative factions. The more liberal group will leave and build their own church, the First Ossipee and Wakefield Church. | |||||
| 1856/04/00 | The Bullockites, the conservative group Free Will Baptists, begin remodeling the old building, which is in need of repair. The value of the pews are appraised at $100, and the pewowners are apparently bought out at that price. | |||||
| 1856/09/00 | The Meeting House remodeling is completed with carpentry by Jeremiah Leavitt cost $160, new pews and pulpit in a new layout, entry in the SE wall replaced by a window, 2 new entries replaced the window in the NE gable end, which became the main facade. |
| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
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| Place | AsNotedIn | Type |
| First Free Will Baptist Church |
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| Particulars for Early Settlers Meeting House, Leighton Corner: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
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