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United Church of Christ in Keene

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architect
  
Multiple

Opened
  
1786

Added to NRHP
  
9 March 1982

Built
  
1786

NRHP Reference #
  
82001671

Phone
  
+1 603-352-4136

United Church of Christ in Keene

Location
  
23 Central Sq., Keene, New Hampshire

Address
  
23 Central Square, Keene, NH 03431, USA

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Profiles

The United Church of Christ in Keene (also known as The First Church or Church at the Head of the Square) is a historic Congregational church at 23 Central Square in Keene, New Hampshire, United States. The oldest portion of this church is its timber frame, a 50-by-70-foot (15 by 21 m) structure that was built in 1786 as the town's fourth meeting house. In 1828 the meeting house was rotated and moved, nearly to its present location, and the Greek Revival temple front with Doric columns was added, as was the tower and steeple. These alterations were supposedly inspired by the recent (1817–18) construction of the Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse. In 1859-60 the church was again moved, this time a short distance to make room for an enlarged sanctuary, as designed by the Worcester firm of Boyden & Ball. The building exterior has been little altered since; the steeple was recreated from photographs after the original was toppled by the New England Hurricane of 1938. In 1924 a two-story brick parish house was built next to the church.

The church and parish house were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

United Church of Christ in Keene Wikipedia