CONTENTS
Keynote Address
Meeting and Dwelling House: Interrelationships in Early New England
Abbott L. Cummings
SECTION I: ARCHITECTURE
Asher Benjamin and Charles Bulfinch: An Examination of Baroque Forms in Federal Style Architecture
Jack QuinanLavius Fillmore and the Federal Style Meeting House
Glenn M. Andres
SECTION II: FRAMING, DECORATION, AND JOINERY
An Architectural Investigation of the 1751 Meeting House at Abington, Conn.
Alvan HillSky Colors and Scattered Clouds: The Decorative and Architectural Painting of New England Meeting Houses, 1738–1834
Peter BenesAnglican Embellishments: The Contributions of Johnn Gibbs, Junior, and William Price to the Church of England in Eighteenth-Century Boston
Bettina A. NortonToward Comfort and Uniformity in New England Meeting Houses, 1750–1850
Jane C. NylanderThe Marblehead Pews
Robert F. Trent
SECTION III: CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
Spiritual Dynamics of Puritan Worship
Charles Hambrick-StoweThe Lord’s Supper in Early New England: The Setting and the Service
Philip D. Zimmerman
SECTION IV: NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Meetinghouse and Church Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Photo and Illustration Credits