Bar Harbor Congregational Church - Bar Harbor, ME - Continental Reformed and Congregational Church Sites on Waymarking.com

The Bar Harbor Congregational Church was established on May 20, 1883. The congregation met in the Union Meeting House, commonly called the “White Church”. The White Church, used by all denominations at the time, had been built in 1853.

Around 1870 the population of Eden (renamed Bar Harbor in 1918) was sufficient to support separate churches for the various denominations and the Congregationalists acquired title to the Union Meeting House.

In 1888-1889 the Meeting House was replaced by a granite church on the same site.

The granite church burned down in 1942 and was replaced in 1951 with the current structure, which was designed to be similar to the old White Church.

Sunday Services are offered in-person and via zoom; Sundays at 10 am.

Sunday School is offered part-way through the service, after the kids’ message.

Nursery care is provided throughout the service.

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The museum in the streets panel in front of the downtown museum reads:

"The Abbe Museum & Congregational Church

The original Abbe Museum, which still exists at Sieur de Monts Spring, was founded by Dr. Robert Abbe, a surgeon from New York and a Bar Harbor summer resident, who assembled a collection of early Native American artifacts found in the Frenchman Bay area. Built in 1893 as a real estate and law office, this structure was purchased by the YMCA in the early 20th century. The YMCA added a gymnasium and pool. In 2001, the building opened as the Abbe Museum’s second location and offers changing exhibitions and an exciting programming schedule for all ages.

The Congregational Church across the street (dedicated in 1951) stands on the site of the first schoolhouse in Bar Harbor. The schoolhouse was moved to make way for a first church known as The Union Church, which was replaced by a lovely granite church in 1881 and sadly destroyed by fire in 1942."

Reformed or Congregational Denomination: Congregational Associated Website: [Web Link] Status: Active House of Worship Address: 29 Mount Desert Street Bar Harbor, ME United States 04609 Date of Construction or Event Occurrence: 05/20/1883 Architect: Not listed

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