Chester Congregational Church

Chester Congregational Church
Location 4 Chester St., Chester, New Hampshire
Coordinates 42°57′28″N 71°15′27″W / 42.95778°N 71.25750°W / 42.95778; -71.25750Coordinates: 42°57′28″N 71°15′27″W / 42.95778°N 71.25750°W / 42.95778; -71.25750
Area less than one acre
Built 1773
Architect John W. Noyes
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 86001231[1]
Added to NRHP June 05, 1986

Chester Congregational Church is a historic church at 4 Chester Street (New Hampshire Route 121) in Chester, New Hampshire. This wood frame building was originally built as a traditional New England colonial meeting house in 1773, and underwent significant alteration in 1840, giving it its present Greek Revival appearance. Most of its interior was lost during these alterations, but the original roof trusses are still in evidence. The front facade of the church resembles a temple front, with wide piers separating its three bays, and supporting a triangular gable pediment which has a triangular louvered window in its tympanum. A three-stage tower rises above, topped with a spire. The tower clock was added in 1881.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Chester Congregational Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-06-11.

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