The Temple (Old Orchard Beach, Maine)

The Temple is a historic octagon-shaped Baptist

Baptist

Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...

church building on Temple Avenue in Ocean Park, Maine

Ocean Park, Maine

Ocean Park is an unincorporated community in the town of Old Orchard Beach in York County, Maine, United States...

within the town of Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Old Orchard Beach is a town and census-designated place in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,856 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area....

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The building was constructed in 1881 by James Bickford and Dow & Wheeler. The temple was part of the Free Will Baptist community at Ocean Park, Maine

Ocean Park, Maine

Ocean Park is an unincorporated community in the town of Old Orchard Beach in York County, Maine, United States...

founded by Bates College

Bates College

Bates College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. and was most recently ranked 21st in the nation in the 2011 US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists...

President Oren Cheney. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1975.

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