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St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Newcastle, Maine)

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51: 93: 68: 1301: 592: 268:. It has a gabled roof, and a projecting square tower with the main entrance at its base, set in a segmented-arch opening. The next stage of the tower has a round window, with a belfry at the next stage that has round-arch louvered openings. A projecting cornice separates the belfry from the two-stage steeple, which is topped by a cross. Historic photos of the church show it with a hipped roof over the belfry instead of a steeple. The interior of the church retains original fixtures, including floors, pews, and altar. 1312: 100: 75: 807: 271:
The church was built in 1807 and consecrated in 1808. Its construction was made possible by the efforts of two prominent local businessmen, both Irish immigrants. The parish was organized in 1796 by James Kavanagh and Matthew Cottrill, and first met without a priest in a wood-frame chapel. Kavanagh
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In 2013, the parish history group discovered that the building needed restoration. Parishioners and local donors raised approximately $ 320,000 to fix the roof, masonry, and windows. The project was completed in 2022.
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church stands in a rural setting a short way south of the village of Damariscotta Mills, on the west side of Academy Hill Road just south of its junction with
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On July 1, 2009, the parish of St. Patrick was merged with five others to form All Saints Parish, as part of a reorganization plan promulgated in 2005.
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and Cottrill paid for construction of this edifice, which is built with brick made across the
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and hauled across the frozen river in winter. Lime for its mortar was imported from
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in 1973. It remains in use as a community within the Parish of All Saints in the
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St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Newcastle, Maine) is located in Maine
St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Newcastle, Maine) is located in the United States
Newcastle, Maine
44°3′25″N 69°32′7″W / 44.05694°N 69.53528°W / 44.05694; -69.53528
73000133
Newcastle, Maine
Roman
Catholic
New England
National Register of Historic Places
Diocese of Portland
Maine State Route 215
Virginia
Damariscotta River
Ireland
Gov. Edward Kavanaugh House
Matthew Cottrill House
Damariscotta
Paul Revere
Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Maine


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