Church Spire - Elm Street Congregational Church - Bucksport, ME
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 44° 34.424 W 068° 47.664
19T E 516324 N 4935619
This old wood frame church, built in 1838, has a very tall spire which is topped with an octagonal finial and a "fish" weathervane. It makes for a pretty good benchmark. No longer brown, it is white today.
Waymark Code: WMP4G8
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
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From the NGS:
DESIGNATION -  BUCKSPORT CONG CHURCH W SPIRE
PID         -  PE2184
STATE/COUNTY-  ME/HANCOCK
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  BUCKSPORT (1982)

MARKER: 90 = CHURCH SPIRE
SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING
MAGNETIC: N = NO MAGNETIC MATERIAL

HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
HISTORY     - UNK      FIRST OBSERVED
HISTORY     - 1934     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
HISTORY     - 1944     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
HISTORY     - 1983     GOOD             NOS

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (KGC)
STATION RECOVERED.  CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1840 AND ACCORDING TO
AN AGED LOCAL RESIDENT HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE THAT DATE.  IT
IS THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT THE CORNER OF FRANKLIN AND
ELM STREETS AND HAS A TALL, SLENDER BROWN SPIRE.

STATION RECOVERY (1944)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944 (FLP)
STATION RECOVERED.  ACCORDING TO LOCAL INFORMATION IT HAS REMAINED
UNCHANGED SINCE 1863, EXCEPT ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO IT WAS STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING BUT IT WAS REBUILT THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE.
THERE IS A WEATHER VANE ON TOP OF THE SPIRE.  OTHER THAN ABOVE,
THE RECOVERY NOTE OF K.G.C. IN 1934 IS ADEQUATE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Church Spire

County: Hancock

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): BUCKSPORT

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

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NGS PID: PE2184

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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