Biddeford in York County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)
McArthur Library / La Bibliothèque McArthur
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 12, 2021
1. McArthur Library / La Bibliothèque McArthur Marker
Inscription.
, Frederick Douglas was denied the pulpit of the Second Parish Congregational Church in Biddeford. Abolitionist members of the church were disappointed and met in a pavilion tent erected for the 1855 Maine Republican Party convention. The Pavilion Church was thus founded in the same year. John Stevens of Boston was the architect who erected this splendid brick church and a similar one in Saco in 1863. Both churches, in the Romanesque style, had an Inigo Jones-type steeple. This particular church was up for sale in 1906., The Biddeford Library was also begun in 1863, but was lost in the 1894 City Hall fire. Robert McArthur, an agent for the Pepperell ills, bought the church building and created an endowment to re-establish the library. The steeple was thought inappropriate and removed. Additions were made in 1995 thanks to a gift from the local Rotary Club., . This historical marker was erected in 2006 by The Museum in the Streets®. It is in Biddeford in York County Maine
Frederick Douglas was denied the pulpit of the Second Parish Congregational Church in Biddeford. Abolitionist members of the church were disappointed and met in a pavilion tent erected for the 1855 Maine Republican Party convention. The Pavilion Church was thus founded in the same year. John Stevens of Boston was the architect who erected this splendid brick church and a similar one in Saco in 1863. Both churches, in the Romanesque style, had an Inigo Jones-type steeple. This particular church was up for sale in 1906.
The Biddeford Library was also begun in 1863, but was lost in the 1894 City Hall fire. Robert McArthur, an agent for the Pepperell ills, bought the church building and created an endowment to re-establish the library. The steeple was thought inappropriate and removed. Additions were made in 1995 thanks to a gift from the local Rotary Club.
Lorsque la chaire de l'Église Congrégationaliste, Second Parish de Biddeford en 1855, fut refusée à Frederick Douglas, les membres abolitionistes, déçus, se rencontrèrent dans un pavilion érigé pour la convention du Parti
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Rèpublicain du Maine. C'est alors que fut fondée L'Église du Pavilion en 1855. John Stevens de Boston fut l'architecte de ce beau bâtiment et d'un autre à Saco en 1863. Les deux églises étaient du style romanesque et avaient chacune un clocher style Inigo Jones. La bibliothèque de Biddeford fut commencée le même année, en 1863, mais elle fut incendié en 1894. Cette église fut achetée en 1906 par Robert McArthur, agend de la Compagnie Pepperell, afin de rétablir une bibliothèque municipale qu'il dotta. Considéré importun le clocher fut enlevé. En 1995, un agrandissement fut accompli grâce à un don du Club Rotary local.
Erected 2006 by The Museum in the Streets®. (Marker Number 20.)
Location. 43° 29.663′ N, 70° 27.489′ W. Marker is in Biddeford, Maine, in York County. Marker is on Main Street just west of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 275 Main St, Biddeford ME 04005, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 12, 2021
2. McArthur Library / La Bibliothèque McArthur Marker
Additional commentary. 1. Spelling on the marker The spelling of Frederick Douglas has been used verbatim from the marker. The person spelled his assumed last name Douglass.
— Submitted November 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
Additional keywords. Frederick Douglass
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