Hill Center Church
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The Hill Center Church (formerly the New Chester Meeting House) is a historic church on Murray Hill Road in Hill, New Hampshire. Built in 1799 and extensively altered in 1847, it is a well-preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture, used historically for both religious and civic functions in the town. Now maintained by a local community group, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Hill Center Church is located in central Hill, a rural community north of Concord, New Hampshire, on the north side of Murray Hill Road between Currier and Dearborn Roads. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is three bays wide, with a pair of sash windows on either side of the main entrance. The entrance is flanked by pilasters, which rise to blocks topped by finial-like moulding. The gable above is fully pedimented, and a two-stage tower rises above the main roof ridge. The first stage is square, with plain clapboarded sides, and is capped by a cornice with pyramidal finials at the corners and a low balustrade. The second stage is an open belfry, with square corner posts, and is also capped by a balustrade and finials. The tower is capped by an octagonal spire and weathervane. The church was built in 1799 as a meeting house (for religious and civic functions), when the town of Hill was known as New Chester. In the 1840s the town voted to build a separate town hall, and the church congregation voted to renovate the building, which was in need of significant maintenance. Because the work done in 1847 significantly altered the building, its original appearance is only known from general descriptions. It again underwent major restorative work in the 1960s, and is maintained by a local community group. National Register of Historic Places listings in Merrimack County, New Hampshire
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When was Hill Center Church listed on the National Register?
Hill Center Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1985.
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Hill Center Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Hill Center Church is recorded as the industrial era.
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