jan 1, 1848 - St. John's, Dresden Mills
Description:
St. John's Episcopal Church is a historic church on the south side of Maine State Route 27 at Blinn Hill Road in Dresden Mills, Maine. Built in 1832, it is a distinctive architectural blend of Federal, Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.The church was built in 1832 as a union church, serving four congregations, and was formally dedicated the following year. It was built as a virtual duplicate of the Pittston Congregational Church, differing now due to subsequent alterations to each building. In 1852 it was dedicated exclusively for use by the Episcopal congregation, which named in St. John's, after an earlier church in Dresden that has not survived.
Photo credit: By Iverjm - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28672870
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1848
Now
~ 177 years ago