Shiloh Temple

Shiloh Temple
Nearest city Lisbon Falls, Maine
Coordinates 43°58′49″N 70°2′50″W / 43.98028°N 70.04722°WCoordinates: 43°58′49″N 70°2′50″W / 43.98028°N 70.04722°W
Built 1897
Architectural style Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

75000203

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Added to NRHP May 12, 1975

Shiloh Temple is a historic religious building in Durham, Maine. The Temple was constructed in 1897 by Frank Sandford, the charismatic leader of the controversial "Holy Ghost and Us Society", which encouraged its followers to sell their worldly possessions to the church and come and live at the Shiloh Temple. The surviving building, which is the central fragment of what was originally a much more extensive complex, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

A minister of the Holy Ghost and Us Society, George W. Higgins, was a victim of New England's last tarring and feathering incident in 1899.


References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.