First Parish Congregational Church

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First Parish Congregational Church is a historic church at 116 Main Street in Yarmouth, Maine. The congregation began in 1730, making it the ninth church founded in what is now Maine. The current building is Italianate in style and was built in 1867–68. It was designed by Portland architect George M. Harding, one of his few surviving church designs in Maine. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

The building is a tall, single-story wooden structure with a gabled roof and clapboard siding, on a granite foundation. A square front tower projects from the façade, with a small entry vestibule and two doors framed by slim columns in round arches. Above the doors is a large three-part round-arch window. The tower has four stages and features an open belfry and an octagonal spire.

Historically, the congregation first met in the Meetinghouse under the Ledge, about a mile away. In 1818 they moved to a building called the Old Sloop, located across the street from the current site; that building became a public hall after the new church was completed in 1868 and was later demolished. The cost of the new church was $35,000.

Today, the church is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. It sits on Main Street just east of Yarmouth’s town center. The site covers less than an acre. Coordinates: approximately 43.7986°N, 70.1844°W.

Official website: http://www.firstparishyarmouth.org/