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dominated by a projecting square tower, which begins with three of the five bays of that facade. On the first level are three Gothic-arched openings leading into an open foyer, with Gothic-arched doors leading into the building. The next three stages of the tower have a tall Gothic window, flanked at its sides, and again at the tower corners, by pilasters separated by a cornice line at each level. The tower corners at the third stage have pinnacles, and the fourth stage is reduced in size. The fifth stage houses a clock with faces on each of four sides, and is topped by pinnacles at the corners and a steeple.
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The Centre Street Congregational Church is located on the east side of Center Street, between Court and Main Streets in downtown Machias. It is a large single-story wood frame structure, set on a high granite foundation, with a gable roof and clapboard siding. Its west-facing main facade is
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The church was designed in 1836 and completed in 1837, and is one of the state's oldest surviving examples of Gothic architecture (the oldest is the 1819
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Centre Street Congregational Church is located in Maine
Centre Street Congregational Church is located in the United States
Machias, Maine
44°42′57″N 67°27′28″W / 44.7159°N 67.45786°W / 44.7159; -67.45786
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church
Machias, Maine
Richard Upjohn
National Register of Historic Places
United Church of Christ
Christ Episcopal Church
Gardiner
Richard Upjohn
St. John's Catholic Church
Bangor
Paul Revere
George Stevens
E. Howard & Co.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Maine


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for Centre Street Congregational Church"
Church web site

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