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Alton's Second Free Baptist Church is located in the center of its main village, on the west side of Main Street just south of Church Street. It is a wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, flushboarded front facade, and clapboarded sides and rear. A square tower projects slightly at the center of
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at the top. It has the main entrance at its base, set under a peaked and bracketed cornice. Most of the tower is taken up by a tall second stage, which has a tall three-part window topped by a similar peak, and finished with a cornice studded with paired brackets. The tower is flanked on the front
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to build a union church for use by both groups. In 1853 the Congregationalists decided to build their own church, and the Free Will Baptists soon followed suit. Although its interior has seen some alteration to later
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facade by windows with peaked tops. The front gable and side eaves are studded with paired brackets.
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congregation organized in Alton in 1831. In 1838 this congregation joined with local
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styles, the building's exterior has seen few alterations since its construction.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Belknap County, New Hampshire
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is a historic church building on Main Street, south of Church Street in
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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
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the front facade, rising to a square pyramidal spire with a
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New Hampshire Veterans' Association Historic District
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List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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Second Free Baptist Church is located in New Hampshire
Second Free Baptist Church is located in the United States
Alton, New Hampshire
43°27′18″N 71°13′14″W / 43.45500°N 71.22056°W / 43.45500; -71.22056
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Alton, New Hampshire
Italianate
Belknap County
National Register of Historic Places
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Free Will Baptist
Congregationalists
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Belknap County, New Hampshire


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