Cogmagun Baptist Church

The Cogmagun Baptist Church was constituted in 1889 by August Freeman, the pastor at Scotch Village. The congregation held services in the Cogmagun Schoolhouse until a building was erected in 1910. The schoolhouse now stands on the adjacent Sanford Farm. A Planter marker stands at the site of the Cogmagun Baptist Church building on the Cogmagun Road. The final service at Cogmagun was held in 1999 and it was officially decommissioned in 2010. Inside the Newport Baptist Church are mementos of Cogmagun, including a brass cross and the original exterior sign.

The Cogmagun Baptist Church is Modified Gothic Revival in style. The structure has a steeply pitched front gable roof. The windows on the side front (gable end) and sides are in the Gothic style. The front door is no longer used; a barn door has been added to the back of the structure and is currently used as a storage building/barn. The building is hand hewn timber frame, sourced from wood that grew in the local area. This church is a fine example of a Baptist meetinghouse, a common style among Baptists in early to mid-nineteenth century Atlantic Canada. This style is often characterized by its small and rather plain facility, with no steeple, and gothic embellishments. The front entrance was often on the gable end, with either two entrances, one on the left and right sides of the front façade, one meant for the men and the other for women; or a centrally placed doorway. In this case there are two doorways, giving a hint to the type of mindset the original congregation had.

A wood stove was used to heat the structure, with the chimney located in the center of the building. It is unknown if the building at one time had a bell; however, there was a gothic style vent near the peak, on the gable end, either used for ventilation or to allow the sound of a bell to carry further.

Information provided by the Newport Baptist Church.