Lutz Mountain Heritage Museum - Lutz Mountain Meeting House - Moncton, NB
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N 46° 08.207 W 064° 54.090
20T E 353126 N 5111002
This little one time meeting house style church stands in a rural setting just a mile from the edge of Moncton.
Waymark Code: WMPWVM
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 10/31/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Though its setting remains essentially rural, the city continues to inch its way toward it, with side by side houses lining many of the nearby roads. Built in 1883, the meeting house was initially a Baptist church which received worshippers until 1974.

Today it continues to receive visitors, though not only on Sundays. It has been repurposed and converted into the Lutz Mountain Heritage Museum

Built in 1883, the Lutz Mountain Meeting House was known as the “Second Baptist Church” of Moncton, and since 1975 has served as Lutz Mountain’s community Heritage Museum. Artefacts tell as much about people as the written word. Step into the past as you enjoy displays of garments, quilts, household implements, tools, even a school room – proud memories of a bygone era. If you are interested in family research, we have census, marriage, cemetery and genealogy records from 1770 to 1901, as well as local stories and newspaper clippings.
From Lutz Mountain Museum
Lutz Mountain Meeting House
DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
The Lutz Mountain Meeting House consists of a late 19th century New England style religious one-room meetinghouse located at the north end of Moncton on Mountain Road as it approaches Lutz Mountain.

HERITAGE VALUE
The Lutz Mountain Meeting House was designated because it is a good example of a late 19th century rural church structure in the New England meeting house architectural style with religious Gothic Revival elements. The single-room concept, rectangular massing and white clapboard siding are indicative of the religious and educational meeting houses that proliferated rural New Brunswick during this period. The Lutz Mountain Meeting House was also designated for its religious and community significance in the history of the Lutz Mountain area. The structure was the Second Moncton Baptist Church when Chipman Trites built it in 1883 and received worshippers until 1974.

CHARACTER-DEFINING ELEMENTS
The character-defining elements relating to location and context include:
- its location on original site adjacent to Lutz Mountain.

The character-defining elements relating to the exterior elements of the structure include:
- returned moulded eaves;
- white clapboard siding with square headed nails;
- Tuscan style corner posts;
- double doors with fanlight transoms;
- double hung Gothic arch windows with colored glass shaped transoms;
- hood moulding with square stops and pendants;
- plain window sills.

The character-defining elements relating to the structural elements of the building include:
- rectangular massive;
- steeply pitched roof;
- New England one-room meeting house design;
- original brick chimney and flue;
- original pegged beam design.

The character-defining elements relating to the interior elements of the structure include:
- original pews;
- original hardwood floors;
- heritage artifacts from community and original church;
- lathe wainscoting;
- plaster and lath walls.
From Historic Places Canada
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1883

Age of Church building determined by?: Historical Society

If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: From: 9:30 AM To: 5:50 PM

Street address of Church:
3143 Mountain Road
Moncton, NB Canada
E1G 3H1


Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]

Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]

If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Not listed

If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed

Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed

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