First Baptist Meeting House, Middle Sackville
Title
First Baptist Meeting House, Middle Sackville
Creator
Avery Jackson
Source
Information provided by the Baptist Heritage Center, Moncton, New Brunswick
Church Name
First Baptist Meeting House, Middle Sackville
Church Association
Westmorland - Kent Association
Province
New Brunswick
County
Westmorland County
Address
Middle Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Status
Demolished
Date
Built 1809
Historical Information
The first meeting house was built in 1809. After Bethel Chapel was organized in 1842, the 'First Church' continued to use this building until they completed the Beulah meeting house in 1849. Around 1870, the first building was sold and moved across the road to serve as a barn. Additions were constructed to the 1849 structure that significantly changed the appearance and usefulness of the building.
Although the barn (on the right of the picture) was significantly changed from the shape and style of the original meeting house, people who were familiar with it said that inside the barn the shape of a gothic window was still visible as was the plaster on one wall. The barn stood until about the year 2000.
This building was built in the Meeting House Style. The Meeting House style was typical of Baptist and Congregational congregations around this time frame in Atlantic Canada, due to its simplistic and rather quick-to-build design. The Meeting House style is characterized by a 1 ½ storey wood-frame construction, with either one or two entranceways located on the gable end. This building would have been covered in either wooden clad boards, or cedar shakes, and had a roof covered in wooden shingles. Heating sources during this time consisted of either a wood or coal burning stove, with illumination within the building coming from either whale oil or kerosene oil lamps.
Information provided by the Baptist Heritage Center, Crandall University, Moncton, New Brunswick.
Although the barn (on the right of the picture) was significantly changed from the shape and style of the original meeting house, people who were familiar with it said that inside the barn the shape of a gothic window was still visible as was the plaster on one wall. The barn stood until about the year 2000.
This building was built in the Meeting House Style. The Meeting House style was typical of Baptist and Congregational congregations around this time frame in Atlantic Canada, due to its simplistic and rather quick-to-build design. The Meeting House style is characterized by a 1 ½ storey wood-frame construction, with either one or two entranceways located on the gable end. This building would have been covered in either wooden clad boards, or cedar shakes, and had a roof covered in wooden shingles. Heating sources during this time consisted of either a wood or coal burning stove, with illumination within the building coming from either whale oil or kerosene oil lamps.
Information provided by the Baptist Heritage Center, Crandall University, Moncton, New Brunswick.
Files
Collection
Citation
Avery Jackson, “First Baptist Meeting House, Middle Sackville,” Atlantic Baptist Built Heritage Project , accessed May 3, 2024, https://atlanticbaptistheritage.omeka.net/items/show/475.