Union Church of Northeast Harbor

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Union Church of Northeast Harbor
Seaside United Church of Christ
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1887 watercolor by Theodore Otto Langerfeldt
Union Church of Northeast Harbor
Location Mount Desert Island
Address21 Summit Road
Northeast Harbor, Maine
Country United States
Denomination United Church of Christ
Previous denomination
Website Official website
History
StatusActive
Founded1883
DedicatedJuly 17, 1889
Architecture
Architect(s) Peabody and Stearns
Architectural type Shingle style
Years built1887–1889
Construction cost$17,989.39
Specifications
Materials
Clergy
Minister(s)
  • Rev. Sarah Pringle-Lewis
  • Hannah Mondrach
Pastor(s) The Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Cistone (since 2016)
Laity
Organist(s) Hope Rowan
Parish administratorLee Maldonado
Union Church of Northeast Harbor
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Location21 Summit Rd., Northeast Harbor, Maine
Coordinates 44°17′40″N68°17′29″W / 44.29444°N 68.29139°W / 44.29444; -68.29139
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built1887
Architect Peabody and Stearns
Architectural style Shingle style
NRHP reference No. 98000722 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 26, 1998

The Union Church of Northeast Harbor is a historic church at 21 Summit Road in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Designed by Peabody and Stearns and built in 1887, it is a notable local example of Shingle style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] The congregation is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

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History and description

The church congregation was established in 1883, with the first meetings being held in a local one room schoolhouse. In 1886, the 100 member congregation—a mix of 65 summer and 35 full-time residents—formally organized as the Union Church Association. They acquired the land for the building from Samuel N. Gilpatrick, who had donated the land. The Association formed a building committee which consisted of Charles William Eliot, a summer resident, in addition to brothers Danforth and Ansel Manchester. in 1887, the committee chose the noted Boston firm of Peabody and Stearns, one of New England's leading architectural firms of the period, to design the new church building. In 1889, the building was completed in and dedicated on July 17, 1889. The cost of the project and construction totaled $17,989.39. [2] [3]

Peabody and Stearns were also responsible for alterations to the transept gable ends made in 1913, costing $2,314.82. [2] This church was highlighted among those built along Maine's seacoast for its particularly organic appearance in relationship to its surroundings and Scandinavian influence. [3]

The Union Church is set on the northeast side of Summit Road, just north of its junction with Joy Road in a residential area of Northeast Harbor, on Schoolhouse Ledge. It is a cruciform structure, built out of stone and wood. Most of the structure is built out of glacial till, with dressed granite corner quoins, and stone buttresses. The end of the transept is finished in vertical board-and-batten siding, and the roof is finished in wood shingles. A squat stone tower rises above the southeastern end of the building. The street-facing façade of the church presents its long axis, with the long nave to the left, and the main entrance just to the right of the south transept, sheltered by a buttressed porch. [3]

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