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Union Episcopal Church (Claremont, New Hampshire)
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Union Episcopal Church, also known as the English Church, is an historic church located on Old Church Road in Claremont
Claremont, New Hampshire
There were 5,685 households out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, in the United States
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. Built in 1773 it is the oldest surviving Episcopal church building in New Hampshire and is also the state's oldest surviving building built exclusively for religious purposes. It is still an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire
The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire, a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America , covers the entire state of New Hampshire. It was originally part of the Diocese of Massachusetts, but became independent in 1841. The see city is Concord...
. On February 1, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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National Register listing
- English Church (added 1980 - Building - #80000318)
- Also known as Union Episcopal Church
- Old Church Rd., Claremont
- Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
- Architect, builder, or engineer: Rice,Ebenezer
- Architectural Style: No Style Listed
- Area of Significance: Religion, Architecture
- Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800–1824, 1825–1849, 1850–1874, 1875–1899
- Owner: Private
- Historic Function: Religion
- Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
- Current Function: Religion
- Current Sub-function: Religious Structure
Early history
The parish was organized in 1771 and chartered by the New Hampshire legislature in 1794 as Union Church Parish. At that time local Episcopalians and Congregationalists were considering uniting to hire one minister to serve both groups, but this never happened. The next year the Rev. Daniel BarberDaniel Barber
Daniel Barber was an American Episcopalian minister and prominent Roman Catholic convert.-Life:...
, who had once been a Congregational minister, did become Union's rector. His son, the Rev. Virgil Barber, also became an Episcopal minister, but left the church in 1816 to become a Jesuit priest and to later found St. Mary's Parish in Claremont, the first Roman Catholic church in New Hampshire.
See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in New Hampshire
- Union ChurchUnion Church-National Register of Historic Places:United States*Union Church and School , listed on the NRHP in Logan County, Arkansas*Union Church of Dunnigan, Dunnigan, California, listed on the NRHP in California...
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