Long Society Meetinghouse
Historic meetinghouse in Connecticut, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Long Society Meetinghouse is a historic church building at 45 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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Long Society Meetinghouse | |
Location | 45 Long Society Road, Preston, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°32′4″N 72°2′9″W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1819 (1819) |
NRHP reference No. | 76001996[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 22, 1976 |
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