Cookville United Baptist Church
Title
Cookville United Baptist Church
Creator
Avery Jackson
Source
Information provided by the Baptist Heritage Center, Moncton, New Brunswick
Image provided by the Atlantic Baptist Archives
Image provided by the Atlantic Baptist Archives
Church Name
Cookville United Baptist Church
Church Association
Westmorland - Kent Association
Province
New Brunswick
County
Westmorland County
Address
Cookville, New Brunswick, Canada
Status
Alternative Use
Date
Built 1866
Historical Information
Some members of the First Church (Beulah) were dismissed in 1850 to establish the Point de Bute Church, and in 1859 to establish the Midgic Church. In 1880 during the time Mr. G. E. Good served as pastor of the Bethel congregation, the Wood Point Church building was erected. Other preaching stations were at Cookville, Centervillage, Mount View (Beech Hill), Harper's Brook, Coles Island, Westmorland Point, Rockport, Bay Verte, Jolicure.
The Cookville Church was organized in 1866. It continued to be part of the Middle Sackville Pastorate until it closed in the late 1960's. In 2004, it was being used as a farm machine shop.
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.
Some of the most striking features of this church structure are some of the Classical architectural embellishments, evident in the return eaves on the gable end, the triangular window, set up high near the peak, and the two rounded top windows that match those found in the Calhoun United Baptist Church, formerly Gayton Union Church. On each of the eave-sides there are three more of these rounded top windows.
Information provided by the Baptist Heritage Center, Crandall University, Moncton, New Brunswick
Image provided by the Atlantic Baptist Archives - 1900.039/65.
The Cookville Church was organized in 1866. It continued to be part of the Middle Sackville Pastorate until it closed in the late 1960's. In 2004, it was being used as a farm machine shop.
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.
Some of the most striking features of this church structure are some of the Classical architectural embellishments, evident in the return eaves on the gable end, the triangular window, set up high near the peak, and the two rounded top windows that match those found in the Calhoun United Baptist Church, formerly Gayton Union Church. On each of the eave-sides there are three more of these rounded top windows.
Information provided by the Baptist Heritage Center, Crandall University, Moncton, New Brunswick
Image provided by the Atlantic Baptist Archives - 1900.039/65.
Files
Collection
Citation
Avery Jackson, “Cookville United Baptist Church,” Atlantic Baptist Built Heritage Project , accessed May 3, 2024, https://atlanticbaptistheritage.omeka.net/items/show/478.