Long Society Meetinghouse

Long Society Meetinghouse
Nearest city Preston, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°32′4″N 72°2′9″W / 41.53444°N 72.03583°W / 41.53444; -72.03583Coordinates: 41°32′4″N 72°2′9″W / 41.53444°N 72.03583°W / 41.53444; -72.03583
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1819
NRHP Reference # 76001996[1]
Added to NRHP April 22, 1976
Interior

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. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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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