KHS’s plans Facebook talk about Christ Church, Gardiner
Video lecture will trace the architectural history of one of the state’s most historic churches in its bicentennial year.
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Christ Church, Gardiner will be the topic of the Kennebec Historical Society’s December public Facebook presentation set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16, at facebook.com/KHS1891.
This year Christ Church in Gardiner is celebrating the 200th anniversary of its landmark house of worship. Constructed of local granite between 1818 and 1820, Christ Church is Maine’s first example of Gothic Revival church architecture.
This distinctive building was erected primarily through the support of Robert Hallowell Gardiner I, who secured the plans from the Rev. Samuel Farmar Jarvis. From 1847 to 1866 the church served as the seat of Maine’s first Episcopal bishop George Burgess, who is buried in the adjacent churchyard. This video lecture will trace the architectural history of one of the state’s mos