National Register of Historic Places

First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry

Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Listed
April 7, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83001140

About this property

The First Free Will Baptist Church (also known Miss Perkins' High School and Holderness Academy) are a historic Free Will Baptist Church complex in Ashland, New Hampshire. The complex consists of three buildings: the brick church building, which was built in 1834; the old vestry, a brick building standing near the street which was built c. 1835 as a school and converted to a vestry in 1878; and the new vestry, a wooden structure added in 1899 to join the two brick buildings together. The church, a fine vernacular Federal style building when it was built, had its interior extensively restyled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, primarily as a good example of modest Victorian church architecture. It now houses the Ashland Community Church.

Location

13--15 N. Main St.
Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire
43.69506, -71.63269

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry listed on the National Register?

First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 7, 1983.

What type of historic resource is First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry?

First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First Free Will Baptist Church and Vestry is recorded as the industrial era.

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