National Register of Historic Places

Dexter Universalist Church

Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine
Listed
June 19, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85001258

About this property

Dexter Universalist Church, or the First Universalist Church of Dexter, is a historic church on Church Street in Dexter, Maine. Built in the 1820s and restyled in the 1860s, it is a distinctive work of Boston, Massachusetts architect Thomas Silloway. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Dexter Universalist Church stands in Dexter's town center, at the northeast corner of Hall Street and Church Street (Maine State Routes 7 and 23). It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with mostly clapboard siding and a front-facing gable roof. In front of the main block is a projecting hip-roofed and flush-boarded vestibule area, from which a multi-stage square tower rises to a belfry and steeple. The vestibule is three bays wide, with narrow segmented-arch windows on either side of the entrance, which is set within a large segmented-arch opening at the front of a projecting gable-roofed section with a dentillated cornice. The interior walls and ceiling of the main sanctuary are finished in pressed metal. The main body of the church was built about 1828–29, but most of the building's styling comes from a major renovation conducted 1867-70 from a design by Boston architect Thomas Silloway. Although Silloway (probably best known for his design of the Vermont State House) was a prolific church designer, this is one of only three relatively unaltered instances of his work left in the state of Maine. National Register of Historic Places listings in Penobscot County, Maine

Location

Dexter, Penobscot County, Maine
45.02487, -69.28889

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When was Dexter Universalist Church listed on the National Register?

Dexter Universalist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Dexter Universalist Church?

Dexter Universalist Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Dexter Universalist Church?

The period of significance for Dexter Universalist Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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