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Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse

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The Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse occupies a prominent location in the town's village center, on the east side of the village green near its southern end. It is a two-story timber frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is a rectangular structure with a projecting Greek
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Fitzwilliam's first meetinghouse was built in the early 1770s, and was replaced by its second one in 1816. That building was destroyed by fire after only nine weeks of use, resulting in the construction of this one the following year. Both the 1816 and 1817 buildings are believed to be faithful
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Revival temple front with four columns and a triangular pediment. A four-stage tower rises above the front facade, with a clock (given in 1861) in the first stage, and a
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bell hangs in the second stage belfry, an open section with round arches on all four sides.
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List of National Historic Landmarks in New Hampshire
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Second Rindge Meetinghouse, Horsesheds and Cemetery
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Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse is located in New Hampshire
Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse is located in the United States
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
42°46′46″N 72°8′41″W / 42.77944°N 72.14472°W / 42.77944; -72.14472
Elias Carter
Fitzwilliam Common Historic District
ID97000399
77000162
meeting house
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
Elias Carter
National Register of Historic Places
Fitzwilliam Common Historic District
Paul Revere
Elias Carter
Templeton, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cheshire County, New Hampshire


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"NRHP nomination for Fitzwilliam Common Historic District"


"NRHP nomination for Third Fitzwilliam Meetinghouse"

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