Free Will Baptist Church

The Free Will Baptist Church is a historic church on Ridge Road in New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1819, it is considered the mother church of the Free Will Baptist movement, although it was not built until ten years after the death of founder Benjamin Randall.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Baptist
Description: historic building
Also known as: “First Free Will Baptist Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound and New Durham Town Hall.

New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound

Historic building

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The New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound are a historic colonial meeting house and town pound on Old Bay Road in New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1770, the wood-frame meeting house stands at what was, until about 1850, the center of New Durham, and was originally used for both civic and religious purposes. New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound is situated 2½ miles northeast of Free Will Baptist Church.

New Durham Town Hall

Town hall

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The New Durham Town Hall is located at Main Street and Ridge Road in the center of New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1908, it is the town's second town hall, and an architecturally distinctive design of Dover architect Alvah T. New Durham Town Hall is situated 2½ miles north of Free Will Baptist Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Durham and Farmington.

New Durham

Village

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New Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,693 at the 2020 census. It is drained by the Merrymeeting, Cocheco and Ela rivers, and is known for Merrymeeting Lake. New Durham is situated 2½ miles north of Free Will Baptist Church.

Farmington

Town

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Farmington is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,722 at the 2020 census. Farmington is home to Blue Job State Forest, the Tebbetts Hill Reservation, and Baxter Lake. Farmington is situated 5 miles east of Free Will Baptist Church.

Alton

Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.

Alton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,894 at the 2020 census, up from 5,250 at the 2010 census. It is home to Alton Bay State Forest and Mount Major State Forest.

Free Will Baptist Church

Categories: Protestant church building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Town of New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.40036° or 43° 24′ 1″ north

Longitude

-71.15868° or 71° 9′ 31″ west

Elevation

1,119 feet (341 metres)

Open location code

87MCCR2R+4G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357735945

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=baptist

GeoNames ID

5086370

Wikidata ID

Q5500156

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