Ocean Park, Maine

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Ocean Park Historic Buildings
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Ocean Park, Maine (Maine)
Ocean Park, Maine
Location: Ocean Park, Maine
Coordinates: 43°30′20″N 70°23′22″W / 43.50556, -70.38944Coordinates: 43°30′20″N 70°23′22″W / 43.50556, -70.38944
Built/Founded: 1882
Architectural style(s): Classical Revival
Added to NRHP: March 02, 1982
NRHP Reference#: 82000796

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Governing body: Private

Ocean Park (also known as "Ocean Park Historic Buildings" or "Temple Square" (0213750228) or "Chautauqua-By-The-Sea") is historic family style summer community affiliated with the Free Will Baptists. The national historic site is located on Temple Avenue in Old Orchard Beach, Maine on Saco Bay.

The buildings were mainly constructed in the 1880s in a Classical Revival style. The site was home to a large Free Will Baptist meeting site, organized in 1881 largely by Bates College President Oren B. Cheney. One of the prominent buildings is a large meeting hall serving as the central gathering place of the camp. The style was similar to other prominent summer church "camp" revivals such those at Ocean Grove, New Jersey and Wesleyan Grove on Martha's Vineyard. The site was added to the National Historic Register in 1982.[1]

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[edit] References

  • Ocean Park Website
  • "Centennial History of Ocean Park, Maine, 1881-1981" by Adelbert M. Jakeman
  • Emeline Cheney, The Story of the Life and Work of Oren B. Cheney (Boston: Morning Star Publishing, 1907)
  1. ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2008-04-15).
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