Church Spire - St. John the Baptist Church - Brunswick, ME
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N 43° 54.813 W 069° 58.140
19T E 422198 N 4862727
St. John is a 103 year old stone church in central Brunswick. Its copper clad spire with gilt cross is our benchmark. It originally appeared dark in colour as it was new, but now it has attained a bright green patina as the copper oxidized.
Waymark Code: WMP4H8
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2015
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From the NGS:
DESIGNATION - BRUNSWICK CHURCH BLACK SPIRE
PID - OB0596
STATE/COUNTY- ME/CUMBERLAND
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - BRUNSWICK (1980)
MARKER: 90 = CHURCH SPIRE
SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - February 28, 2005
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1933 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
HISTORY - 1942 GOOD CGS
HISTORY - 1957 GOOD USN
HISTORY - 1974 GOOD NGS
HISTORY - 20010419 GOOD USPSQD
HISTORY - 20030909 GOOD USPSQD
HISTORY - 20050228 GOOD USPSQD
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1933 (CMD)
THE TALL BLACK CHURCH SPIRE WITH A CROSS ON THE TOP AND NEAR THE
POST OFFICE IN THE CITY OF BRUNSWICK. THE CHURCH (CATHOLIC) IS
ON A STREET WHICH RUNS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE MAIN BUSINESS
STREET AND IS ABOUT 2-1/2 BLOCKS W OF THE MAIN STREET. THE
STATION IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE SPIRE.
STATION RECOVERY (1942)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (HOF)
STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONS--
THE CHURCH IS A BROWN AND GRAY SANDSTONE STRUCTURE WITH BLACK
SPIRE, KNOWN AS THE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, SITUATED ON
THE S SIDE OF PLEASANT STREET (NOW U.S. HIGHWAY 1), AND IN THE
FIRST BLOCK E OF WHERE A SPUR LINE CROSSES PLEASANT STREET.
STATION RECOVERY (2005)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2005 (AMW)
THE SPIRE IS NOW GREEN.