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Introduced by cwc, lI= Willey, 3une 10, 1985
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(TITLE.) (OrbiltarIn, pmendipS Historic Preservation ordinance
B" orkdacd by dw City Cvameg of ane City ofBawn as Nrtounc
THAT, Chapter VII, Article 4, sec. 5.3 be amended to add a
provision which reads as follows:
5.3.20 East Bengox Church. The land and holdings located at 401
Pushaw Rd. and more spebr ficallly described on City of Bangor
Assessor's Map R-30, Parcel 5.
85- 217
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To the Honorable City Council
At a public hearing on May 28, 1985. the Hangar Historic Preservation
Commission unanimously approved the designation proposed by its owners
of the East Bangor Church as a local historic landmark. An application
for its designation by the National Register of Historic Places is now
being prepared.
A brief description of the significance of the building by commission
member Deborah Thompson is enclosed. This designation has received the
written approval of the State Historic Preservation Officer.
I hearby request that the City Council take the necessary steps to
designate the East Bangor Church as a historic landmark under Ch. vllx
Art. 4/%ection 5.3 of the Ordinance of the City of Bangor.
Sincerely yours,
J an C Woodcoc
Bangor Hi oraa Preservation Comaission
85-217
The East Bangor Church
The East Bangor Church was built in 1849 by Martin Mower, whose descendants
still farm n Pushav Road and a embers of the board of the Church. It w one
of a handful of churches which (beginning with the Worth Bangor, w yeasts,
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church) were organized in districts of Bangor which w mote from the First
Parish Church, making regular .church attendance difficult. The East Bangor
Church was organized as a non -denominational (union) type of society.
When Bangor was settled it consisted of a number of settlements an sites
beside the two rivers where sawmills could be erected. Bangor later developed
antral district at the confluence of the genduskeag and Penobscot, but towns
like Hampden, Frankfort and Winterport (originally part of Frankfort) retain their
former settlement pattern. The East Bangor community developed from one of the
original riverine settlements.
Me East Bangor Church isexample of a Greek Revival distyle-in-antis
village church, befitting its suburban location. Because of its fine proportions
and details, it is attributed to Benjamin B. Deane in my book on Bangor's
architectural history. It is like Deane's village churches inother Maine
ommunities, and -at the time it'was built, Deane was the only professional
architect active in Bangor. The building has been well maintained and it
largely =changed on the interior and euterior.- A similar church, probably
also designed by Deane, was recently demolished in Orrington.
In its situation beside Maple Grove Cemetery, the East Bangor Church presents
ie of the most beautiful historic pictures in the city. We should be proud that
ts owners ish to commit themselves to preserving its exterior without any
material change.
The Bast Bangor Church Merits designation as a historio landmark on the
local and national level because it is a fine building in itself and as an
enduring witness to the historic settlement pattern of the city and district.
Deborah Thompson
Architectural Historian and
Historic Preservation Commission member
May, 1985
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