Long Society Meetinghouse
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Long Society Meetinghouse is a historic meetinghouse in the village of Long Society in the town of Preston, Connecticut
. It is one of only about a dozen surviving colonial "broad side" meeting houses, and is last example surviving in Connecticut.
The meeting house was built from 1817 to 1819 on the site of an earlier meetinghouse, incorporating some elements of the earlier building. The meeting house was used both as a church and for civic functions, the reason for its plain, not overtly religious appearance.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1976.
Preston, Connecticut
Preston is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,688 at the 2000 census. The town includes the villages of Long Society, Preston City, and Poquetanuck.-History:...
. It is one of only about a dozen surviving colonial "broad side" meeting houses, and is last example surviving in Connecticut.
The meeting house was built from 1817 to 1819 on the site of an earlier meetinghouse, incorporating some elements of the earlier building. The meeting house was used both as a church and for civic functions, the reason for its plain, not overtly religious appearance.
The building 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 1976.