Shiloh Temple
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Shiloh Temple is a historic religious building in Durham, Maine
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The Temple was built in 1897 by Frank Sandford
, the charismatic leader of the controversial "Holy Ghost and Us Society", which encouraged its followers to sell their worldly possessions to the church and come and live at the Shiloh Temple. The surviving building, which is the central fragment of what was originally a much more extensive complex, was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1975.
A minister of the Holy Ghost and Us Society, George W. Higgins
, was a victim of New England's last tarring and feathering
incident in 1899.
Durham, Maine
Durham is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,419 at the 2000 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area.-Geography:According to the United...
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The Temple was built in 1897 by Frank Sandford
Frank Sandford
Frank Weston Sandford was the founder and leader of an apocalyptic Christian sect, informally called "Shiloh" and eventually known officially as "The Kingdom." Sandford was early attracted to premillennialism, the Higher Life movement, the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit, and divine healing;...
, the charismatic leader of the controversial "Holy Ghost and Us Society", which encouraged its followers to sell their worldly possessions to the church and come and live at the Shiloh Temple. The surviving building, which is the central fragment of what was originally a much more extensive complex, was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1975.
A minister of the Holy Ghost and Us Society, George W. Higgins
George W. Higgins
George W. Higgins was an American minister of the Holy Ghost and Us Society. He was probably the last person in New England to be subjected to the traditional mob-led humiliations of tarring and feathering and riding the rail...
, was a victim of New England's last tarring and feathering
Tarring and feathering
Tarring and feathering is a physical punishment, used to enforce unofficial justice or revenge. It was used in feudal Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, as well as the early American frontier, mostly as a type of mob vengeance .-Description:In a typical tar-and-feathers attack, the...
incident in 1899.