First Free Will Baptist Church
- Also Known As: First Ossipee, Wakefield and Effingham Church
- Address: Granite Rd
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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 | Joseph S Nutter | Member | Eight men meet at the home of Nathaniel Gowdy, and organized the First Free Will Baptist Society of Ossipee, Wakefield and Effingham. The purpose of the Society is to build a new meetinghouse on Granite Road, about a half mile east of Leighton's Corners. | |||
1857/00/00 | Joseph S Nutter | Architect | Begun in 1856, construction of the meetinghouse is finished in early 1857, supervised by head carpenter Joseph Nutter, one of the eight men who first met to organize the Society. | |||
1857/04/16 | Members of the 1st Ossipee and the 2nd Wakefield Free Will Baptist churches meet at the new Meeting House. Both churches are dissolved by vote of their members, who then organize the First Ossipee and Wakefield Church. Effingham will be added later. |
Particulars for First Free Will Baptist Church: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Greek Revival |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
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