Long Society Meetinghouse
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| Nearest city | Preston, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′4″N 72°2′9″W / 41.53444°N 72.03583°WCoordinates: 41°32′4″N 72°2′9″W / 41.53444°N 72.03583°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1819 |
| NRHP Reference # | 76001996[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 22, 1976 |
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The Long Society Meetinghouse is a historic church building on Long Society Road in Preston, Connecticut. It is one of only about a dozen surviving colonial "broad side" meeting houses, and is the last example surviving in Connecticut that has not been altered from that configuration by the addition of a tower or relocation of its entrance or pulpit.[2] The meeting house was built from 1817 to 1819 on the site of an earlier meetinghouse, incorporating some elements of the earlier building. The meeting house was used both as a church and for civic functions, the reason for its plain, not overtly religious appearance.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
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References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 Bruce Clouette (July 23, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Long Society Meetinghouse" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying three photos, exterior and interior, from 1975
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