United Baptist Church, Mahone Bay
Title
United Baptist Church, Mahone Bay
Church Name
United Baptist Church, Mahone Bay
Church Association
Lunenburg- Queens Association
Province
Nova Scotia
County
Lunenburg
Address
56 Maple St, Mahone Bay, NS,
Status
Active
Date
Built 1874
Historical Information
United Baptist Church, Mahone Bay, is valued for its age, its role in the history and religious life of the community, as an example of ecclesiastical Gothic Revival architecture, and as a community landmark.
Baptists in Mahone Bay were originally a branch of the Baptist congregation founded at Northwest in 1809. For many years services were held in private homes and later in the Union and Harmony Meeting House, built 1833-1834. The Union and Harmony Meeting House served Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists and Baptists and was managed by trustees representing each group. Four decades later, as the local economy prospered and population grew, the
Baptists decided they needed their own church. In 1874, Kenney, Haley and Company of Yarmouth, NS, began construction of the new Baptist Meeting House on this property. The building was dedicated in March 1875 featuring a sermon delivered by Rev. Edward Manning
Saunders, the eminent Maritime Baptist historian. An article in the Christian Messenger reported the church to be a “very fine edifice” and praised the “frescoing and designs in painting by W.R. Wentzell of Bridgewater.” The first resident pastor was Rev. A.E. Ingram.
Now known as United Baptist Church, Mahone Bay, the building is an excellent example of the spiritual expression that can be achieved by Gothic Revival construction. Its slender spire, visible for miles, gleams white against the sky. Every feature, from the narrow-peaked windows to the small corner spires, lifts the eye skyward.
Information from Heritage Description of Historic Places website.
Baptists in Mahone Bay were originally a branch of the Baptist congregation founded at Northwest in 1809. For many years services were held in private homes and later in the Union and Harmony Meeting House, built 1833-1834. The Union and Harmony Meeting House served Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists and Baptists and was managed by trustees representing each group. Four decades later, as the local economy prospered and population grew, the
Baptists decided they needed their own church. In 1874, Kenney, Haley and Company of Yarmouth, NS, began construction of the new Baptist Meeting House on this property. The building was dedicated in March 1875 featuring a sermon delivered by Rev. Edward Manning
Saunders, the eminent Maritime Baptist historian. An article in the Christian Messenger reported the church to be a “very fine edifice” and praised the “frescoing and designs in painting by W.R. Wentzell of Bridgewater.” The first resident pastor was Rev. A.E. Ingram.
Now known as United Baptist Church, Mahone Bay, the building is an excellent example of the spiritual expression that can be achieved by Gothic Revival construction. Its slender spire, visible for miles, gleams white against the sky. Every feature, from the narrow-peaked windows to the small corner spires, lifts the eye skyward.
Information from Heritage Description of Historic Places website.
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Citation
“United Baptist Church, Mahone Bay,” Atlantic Baptist Built Heritage Project , accessed April 27, 2024, https://atlanticbaptistheritage.omeka.net/items/show/174.