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building corners are pilastered, which rise to a simple entablature. The front gable is fully pedimented. The front facade is symmetrical, with a pair of entrances flanking a central window. Each entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and framed by plain trim. The entrances lead into separate small vestibules, which give way to a single large chamber. Interior lighting is provided by kerosene lamps and chandelier, and the space is lined with bench pews facing a raised pulpit area.
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The Cotton Mountain Community Church stands alone in a rural wooded area in far eastern Wolfeboro, on the north side of Stoneham Road a short way west of the town border with Brookfield. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and granite foundation. The
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congregations. It escaped major renovations in part because enrollments declined over the next 100 years; its only major alterations have been the replacement of a high pulpit with the present low platform, and the addition of the kerosene chandelier, both in 1901. Its congregations continued to
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decline, and were eventually absorbed into other area churches. The building was sold in 1957 to the Cotton Mountain Community Church Association, dedicated to its preservation.
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in 1985. Since 1957, when it stopped being used for services, it has been cared for by a local nonprofit group.
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Cotton Mountain Community Church is located in New Hampshire
Cotton Mountain Community Church is located in the United States
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
43°36′52″N 71°5′11″W / 43.61444°N 71.08639°W / 43.61444; -71.08639
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Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Brookfield
National Register of Historic Places
Methodist
Free Will Baptist
National Register of Historic Places listings in Carroll County, New Hampshire


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