
The Newburgh Center Union Church was built in 1878 as a non-denominational religious building for the small, rural town of Newburgh, Maine. At this time, the small town had just over 1,000 residents and it was not economically feasible for each congregation to build its own meeting house. The vernacular Greek Revival/Italianate style church building was eventually the house of worship of a local Pentecostal congregation, but that too appears to have disbanded. The building has been falling into disrepair, so hopefully it will be preserved.
Back in 1984-1985 my wife and I rented a house down the road and attended this church. No water, two seater outhouse in back, wood stove heated the whole thing. Squirrels. One old piano. Pastor lived on the coast and drove up every Sunday, weather permitting. We tried taking care of it until we moved away, but it wasn’t in good shape then.
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The Newburgh Full Gospel was the overseer of that building.
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