Loudon Town Hall - Loudon NH
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N 43° 19.951 W 071° 25.821
19T E 302973 N 4800609
Loudon Town Hall is a historic New England meetinghouse,. Built in 1779 and extensively restyled in 1847, this Greek Revival structure was used for many years for both religious and civic purposes;
Waymark Code: WM17DXK
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2023
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Loudon Town Hall is a historic New England meetinghouse at 433 Clough Hill Road in Loudon, New Hampshire. Built in 1779 and extensively restyled in 1847, this Greek Revival structure was used for many years for both religious and civic purposes; it now serves principally as a church, housing a Free Will Baptist congregation.
The town of Loudon was incorporated in 1773 out of Canterbury, its residents complaining that it was difficult or impossible to attend religious services or town affairs in Canterbury. By September 1779 the new town had finally decided on a location, appropriated funds, and built the shell of this building sufficient to hold a town meeting there. The building was not substantially completed until 1794. In 1847, the town reached an agreement with the local Free Will Baptist congregation to fund alterations and modernizations of the building, in exchange for the congregation's use of the upper hall. It is at this time that the building received its Greek Revival styling, and the basics of its present interior were laid out.
Town offices were moved out of the building in the 1970s, first to an adjacent public works building which no longer stands. The present-day town hall for Loudon is located at 29 South Village Road in the center of Loudon village, and this building now serves exclusively as the home of the Freewill Baptist Church congregation. It has undergone only modest modifications since about 1922.
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