Church Spire - First Parish Church - Brunswick, ME - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESIGNATION -  BRUNSWICK CONG CHURCH SPIRE
PID         -  OB0597
STATE/COUNTY-  ME/CUMBERLAND
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  BRUNSWICK (1980)

MARKER: 90 = CHURCH SPIRE

HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
HISTORY     - UNK      MONUMENTED
HISTORY     - 1942     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
HISTORY     - 1957     SEE DESCRIPTION  USN
HISTORY     - 1959     SEE DESCRIPTION  CGS
HISTORY     - 20010419 GOOD             USPSQD
HISTORY     - 20030909 GOOD             USPSQD
HISTORY     - 20050228 GOOD             USPSQD

STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (HOF)
COMPLETE NEW DESCRIPTION--

THE CHURCH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE FIRST PARISH CHURCH - 1717, AND
IS A LARGE WOODEN STRUCTURE PAINTED DARK GRAY AT THE PRESENT
TIME.  THE SPIRE IS ON THE W END, HAVING FOUR SMALL SPIRES, ONE
ON EACH CORNER OF THE MAIN SPIRE, WITH ARCHES IN BETWEEN.  THE
CHURCH IS ON A CORNER WHERE U.S. HIGHWAY 1 MAKES A SHARP TURN
TOWARDS BATH, AND ALMOST DIRECTLY OPPOSITE WHERE STATE HIGHWAYS
123 AND 24 LEAD S TOWARDS BAILEY ISLAND, AND OPPOSITE THE N END
OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE CAMPUS.

THIS POSITION IS NO DOUBT THE SAME AS BRUNSWICK SPIRE 1855.

STATION RECOVERY (1957)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US NAVY 1957
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1942.  OLD DESCRIPTION ADEQUATE EXCEPT
THAT CHURCH IS NOW PAINTED WHITE.

STATION RECOVERY (2003)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2003 (AMM)
STATION FOUND GOOD. CHURCH IS IN THE PROCESS OF RENOVATION.  THE MAIN
SPIRE IS PRESENTLY SURROUNDED BY SCAFFOLDING AND CANNOT BE EASILY
SEEN.

STATION RECOVERY (2005)

RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2005 (AMW)
THE CHURCH IS AT THE JUNCTION OF MAINE ST. AND RT. 24. THE SCAFFOLDING
IS GONE AND THE SPIRE IS NOW GRAY.

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