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New England Meeting House and Church: 1630–1850

The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife
Annual Proceedings
June 26 and 27, 1979

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 Quinan

Lavius 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 Hill

Sky Colors and Scattered Clouds: The Decorative and Architectural Painting of New England Meeting Houses, 1738–1834
Peter Benes

Anglican Embellishments: The Contributions of Johnn Gibbs, Junior, and William Price to the Church of England in Eighteenth-Century Boston
Bettina A. Norton

Toward Comfort and Uniformity in New England Meeting Houses, 1750–1850
Jane C. Nylander

The Marblehead Pews
Robert F. Trent

SECTION III: CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES

Spiritual Dynamics of Puritan Worship
Charles Hambrick-Stowe

The 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