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In 1846, the brick stores on Main Street, now occupied by Colonel Hiram Chase and M. P. Woodcock, were erected by Joseph Williamson. That of Mr. Woodcock has always been a book- store : the first tenants were Messrs. Washburn & Jordan. Major Timothy Chase was the first tenant of the other. The room above it was occupied for ten years as the custom-house. Until his re- tirement from practice in 1875, Hon. Nehemiah Abbott occupied the adjoining office, over the bookstore. This block stood upon the site of a portion of the Huse Tavern, which was removed to give place to it.
Among the brick buildings erected in 1847 were the stores at the corner of Beaver Street, now occupied by Dr. Daniel Sylvester and Charles H. Sargent, built by James P. White, and first ten- anted by S. G. Thurlow and Faunce & White ; five stores on the burned district of the Babel fire of the year preceding, now occupied by William C. Marshall and others, built by Alonzo Osborn, James Cook, and Benjamin Hazeltine ; and an addition to
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the American House, built by H. N. Lancaster. All these were on Main Street. The wooden building which stood on the site of the block first named now constitutes a part of the dwelling- houses on Church Street, owned by Josiah Mitchell. On High Street, the Johnson Block superseded the well-known "Green Store." Its first occupants were Horatio H. Johnson the pro- prietor, and William O. Poor ; on the second floor, Samuel Locke and Mrs. M. B. Towne. In the third story, the Sons of Temper- ance had a hall.
In 1848, the brick stores on Main Street, now occupied by Thomas W. Pitcher and Manley E. Dodge, were built : the owner of the first was J. Y. McClintock, and of the second Hiram E. Peirce. The first occupants were Sherburn Sleeper, Thurlow & Peirce, and in the third story was the office of the "Signal and Planet." On Church Street, Joseph Williamson built the brick block now owned by William H. Simpson, and occupied in the second story as the office of the "Republican Journal."
PROGRESSIVE AGE
STEAM POWERIPRINTING
J. Y. MCCLINTOCK'S "CITY BLOCK." ERECTED 1850.
In 1849, the remains of the Ladd and Morrill stores, partially destroyed by fire five years before, gave place to the granite block, erected by Rufus B. Allyn.
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In 1850, James Y. McClintock, who had purchased the land at the corner of Main and High Streets, erected thereon the "City Building," so called in view of our new municipal organization, a charter for which was granted that year. The first occupant of the corner drug-store was Samuel Haynes. The store next below was opened as a restaurant by Isaac Clark, Jr. Messrs. William T. Colburn and Isaac Allard were the first tenants of the premises they still occupy. The whole of the third story was occupied by the " Republican Journal " office. The fourth story was finished as a hall, named City Hall. Its dimensions are sixty by forty feet. The brick block at the intersection of Main and Church Streets, in which the Savings Bank is now kept, was built this year by John and Daniel Haraden. The first occupants of the stores were the proprietors and Charles D. Field. Phineas P. Quimby had rooms in the second story.
Peirce's Block, at the junction of Church and Franklin Streets, was erected in 1852, by Messrs. John and David Peirce. The building is eighty by fifty-five feet on the ground, and contains three stores, the largest of which, on the corner, was first occupied by the owners. In the second story is Peirce's Hall. This year, James Y. McClintock erected two three-story brick blocks on High and Spring Streets, each block containing four tenements.
With the exception of the Morison Block, a three-story brick building, sixty feet in front by eighty-four feet deep, which was erected on Main Street, below Washington Street, by Ambrose J. Morison, in 1863, but few additions to the business part of the city were made until after the great fire of 1865. The following year Arnold Harris built his brick store on High Street, adjoining that of George R. Sleeper. L. A. Knowlton erected a store at the foot of Main Street, seventy by twenty-eight feet, with two stories above the basement, and Axel Hayford a wooden one at the junction of Cross and Federal Streets. On Main Street, adjoining below the block of Woods, Mathews, & Baker, five brick stores with granite fronts were built : two by Reuben Sibley, and one each by Philo Hersey, Sherburn Sleeper, and Robert Pote. S. S. Lewis erected a large building on his wharf, on the site of the old John S. Kimball store. The most prominent building erected this year was that portion of the Hayford Block which occupies the corner of Church and Beaver Streets, upon the site of the old Peter Rowe store. It is three stories in height on Church Street and four on Beaver, and measures fifty feet by sixty on the
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ground. The addition, containing four stores, was erected in 1868. Its dimensions are ninety-six feet on Church Street by seventy fect in depth. The three upper stories are devoted to a spacious
HAYFORD BLOCK. ERECTED 1866-68.
hall, an account of which is given in another chapter. The hall was first opened to the public on the evening of May 12, 1869.
Besides many smaller buildings dotted over the space swept by the great fire of October, 1865, many substantial structures in addition to those already named were added before 1870. Among them may be mentioned the brick block at the corner of Main and Front Streets, built by F. A. Knowlton and Newell Mansfield ; the Sanborn house, at the corner of Pleasant Street, built by Rufus P. Hassell ; and a wooden block near the corner of Main and Common Streets.
During the year succeeding the great fire of 1873, over $200,- 000 were expended in the work of reconstruction, more than one hundred buildings being erected. Among the larger business places were a block of four brick stores on Main Street, between Washington and Pleasant Streets, owned by John B. Wadlin, L. R. Palmer, and J. Y. Cottrill ; the wooden stores of R. Sibley & Son, Swan & Sibley, J. W. Frederick & Co., and William Pitcher & Son, on Front Street ; the storehouses of Swan & Sibley, Daniel Lane, Daniel Haraden, M. R. Cooper & Co., and William Pitcher & Son, on their respective wharves ; and the sash and blind factory of Mathews Brothers, on Cross Street. The dwelling-houses, most of them in the burned district, which were erected, numbered eighty-eight.
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CHAPTER XVI.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
Religious Character of the First Settlers. - Reservation of Ministerial Lot. - Measures for procuring a Minister. - Vote of the Town concerning Observance of the Sabbath. . - Laws relative to Public Worship. - Tithing-men. - Project for a Meeting-house on the East Side opposed. - Town votes to erect One on Each Side of the River. - Engravings and Descriptions of Both. - Early Itinerant Preachers. - Rev. Ebenezer Price. - Sketch of his Life and Character. - His Portrait and Autograph. - View of the Parsonage erected by him. - Invitation to settle by the Town. - His Letter of Acceptance. - Protest of Certain Inhabitants. - Ecclesiastical Council. - Mr. Price ordained as the First Minister of Belfast. - Organization of the First Church. - Original Members. - Disaffection towards Proceedings of the Town. - Petition for a New Religious Society. - Adverse Memorial. - The Friends of Mr. Price prevail. - Further Dissensions. - His Salary withheld. - Letter of Resignation. - A Council advises his Dismissal. - Reasons. - Affirmation of his Title to the Minister's Lot. - Suspension of Regular Preaching. - Missionaries. - Call extended to Rev. Alfred Johnson. - His Settlement. - Biographical Sketch. - More Religious Difficulties. - New Societies formed. - The Town severs Connection with the Parish. - Resigna- tion of Mr. Johnson.
A S has been previously remarked, the first settlers of Belfast inherited from their fathers, whose chief object in emi- grating from Ireland was freedom in faith, a strong religious char- acter. Like them, a most valuable trait in its influence was their steadfast adherence to Calvinistic principles, and to all the forms and duties of devotion.1 At the earliest meeting of the proprietors, held in Londonderry nearly two years before their establishment here, it was voted " that no person shall own a Right amongst us that shall not be able to produce a good certifi- cate of moral Character to the Satisfaction of the Community, and the gentlemen from whom we purchase." 2 In March, 1769, when a division of the harbor lots took place, No. twenty-six, on the east side of the river, now owned by Ambrose Strout, containing one hundred acres, was set apart for the first minister who might be settled, and to build a meeting-house on. This reservation, after the lapse of a century, continues to be known as "the minister's lot." At about the same time, the proprietors unani-
1 Hist. of Londonderry.
2 Proprietors' records.
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mously voted that each of the fifty-one shares should pay three dollars annually "for the Incorigement of a Gospel minister." The following vote appears of record, Dec. 26, 1769, prior to their permanent removal to Belfast: "Voted, Capt. Moses Barnet, Capt. John Moore, Ens.". James MacGregor, John Gilmore, Samuel Houston, and John Mitchell, be a Committee in order to write to the Red Mr. Murray,1 in order to Procure a minister of the Gospel, and that if by his Assistance a minister Should Come over to us, and Should prove to the general Acceptance when on the Spott, and Likewise Com well Recomended from the Pres- bytry or Assembly of which he is a member, that then we Ingage to give Said minister thirty-four pounds Eight Shillings and Six- pence Sterling Dollars at four Shillings and Sixpence apeice yearly, Likewise a Hundred acres of Choice land in fee Simple, Situated on the Best of the Harbour, Likewise Every Proprietor Ingages to give two Days work for Each right, Viz., one hundred and two Days work yearly to Said minister at their own Cost, until we are able to advance his Salary in Cash." 2
These sentiments concerning religions ordinances were not forgotten after their permanent settlement in their new home. During the first year after arriving, "Six shillings Lawful on Each Right " were appropriated "to pay Supplys for preaching;" and Deacon John Tuft, John Barnet, 2d, John Morrison, 3d, Capt. John Moor, John Gilmore, and Samuel Houston were chosen a committee to procure a minister. One dollar on each share was voted for the same purpose in 1772, and in 1775 the amount raised was fifteen pounds.
At a special town meeting held Oct. 19, 1775, the inhabitants passed the following vote upon observance of the Sabbath : " Voted, that if any person makes unnessaserry vizets on the Sabeth, they shall be Look: on with Contempt, untill they make acknowledgment to the Public."8 One of the votes at the annual town meeting of the following year was " to send to St. Georges + to trye to Have their Minister one Sabeth to Preach and Baptize Children."
1 Rev. John Murray, pastor of the Presbyterian society at Boothbay, and afterwards at Newburyport. He was one of the most eloquent ministers in New England. At the zenith of his fame, the celebrated John Murray, of Boston, was preaching the new doc- trine of universal salvation. To distinguish these eminent theologians, the adherents of the latter bestowed upon them the definitive appellations of Salvation and Damnation Murray. Smith's Hist. Newburyport, p. 376.
2 Proprietors' records. 8 Town records.
4 Now Warren. The Rev. John Urquehart was the Presbyterian minister there.
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Until after the termination of the Revolution, there was no settled minister in the town. Rev. Mr. Murray occasionally "gave a Sunday," as it was called; and Rev. Daniel Little, of Kennebunk, a missionary to the eastern settlements, was fre- quently here during the year 1775. Services were held in private houses.
As we have already stated, the municipal existence was sus- pended from 1779 until 1785. Among the first votes after resum- ing the organization was one making provision for preaching. The following year a petition was sent to the General Court " in order to Have the unsettled land taxed to Defray the Charges of Building a Meeting-house."
The charge of supporting public worship was originally laid upon the several towns, which were chartered as well with a view to parochial duties as to the management of municipal affairs. Each town was required "to be constantly provided of an able, learned, orthodox minister,"1 and every inhabitant of the town was liable to taxation for his support. After 1757, the Anabaptists and Quakers, having conscientious scruples as to the right of taxa- tion for the support of public worship, were exempted upon certain conditions. At the time Belfast was settled, the law compelled every person to attend public worship on the Lord's day, and on Fast and Thanksgiving days, under a penalty of five shillings. Tithing-men, officers whose special duty was to enforce regulations for observing the Sabbath, were among the regular town officers, and were annually chosen in Belfast from 1786 to 1830. With some modifications, the laws on this subject remained in force until after the adoption of the Constitution of Massachusetts. The inhabitants were then nearly all of one doc- trine, and of one form of worship; and, indeed, different sects or denominations were scarcely recognized as having any legal char- acter or existence.2 A minister was usually settled for life ; and any stipulations concerning his salary, or occupation of land reserved for parochial purposes, were in the nature of a civil con- tract binding the town. Until the inhabitants became numerous, towns were in fact parishes.
Liberal appropriations for the ministry continued to be made. In 1788, "fifteen Pounds, to be Payª in Cordwood and Lumber," were voted for preaching ; and the next year it was voted " to pay Samuel Houston Eight Shillings per week for Boarding a minister,
1 Ancient Charter, 103, 244. 2 Pick. Reports, IV. 277.
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if one comes to preach this Summer." At the same mceting, the project of erecting a house for public worship was revived, and the town voted " to prepare stuff for a meeting-house this year, fifty feet long and thirty feet wide." As the movement con- templated locating the edifice on the eastern side of the river, the inhabitants on the western side, although in a small minority, refused their consent, and joined in the following protest :-
This may Certify, that we the subscribers Do Protest against a Vote Passed the Fifteenth of April, one thousand seven hun- dred and eighty-nine, for Building a Meeting House in Belfast, fifty feet and forty feet, as Witness our Hands, this Sixteenth Day of April, one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty-nine.
JAMES MILLER. JOHN ALEXANDER.
ICHABOD CLARK. JAMES MILLER, JR.
ROBERT MILLER.1
This declaration caused a temporary postponement of the sub- ject, and probably induced a recognition of the rights of the west- ern section of the town, as on the 23d of November, 1790, the town determined "to build a meeting-house according to a Plan Presented at sª meeting (in 1789) : to assist the southerly side of ye River in Proportion to Building a Meeting-house when it is thought needful, as much as they help the North side in Building a meeting-house on Lot No. 26, now voted : to Raise sª meeting-house, and Board and Shingle ye same at or before the first day of October next : to Build a Meeting-House on the ground where sª meeting was adjourned from : to have five of a Com- mittee to have the Charge of Building sª House, and that the Committee be James Patterson, Samuel Houston, Jerome Stephen- son, John Cochran, Solon Stephenson." 2 In the February fol- lowing, it was voted "to adjourn building a meeting-house until the first Monday of November next, and to pay John Cochran one pound ten shillings for timber already got to the saw-mill."
During the time of these delays and impediments, the western portion of the town was rapidly increasing in wealth and popula- tion, as is evinced by the following significant vote, which was passed on the 6th of February, 1792 : " Voted, that Meetings shall be held on both Sides of the River, according to their taxes, and to Build two Meeting-houses, one on each side of the River, to be Built at the Expense of the Inhabitants of Each Side of the River Seperately."
1 Town records.
2 Ibid.
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In accordance with this vote, two meeting-houses were erected during the summer of 1792.1 The eastern one stood on lot No. 26, on the northerly side of the road leading to Searsport, at about one mile from the present lower bridge. Its dimensions were about fifty feet by forty. It was two stories in height, un- finished internally, and without regular pews. The exterior was never painted. No means for warming were pro- EAST MEETING-HOUSE. BUILT 1792. vided; and in cold weather services took place in the school-house, which was situated on the opposite side of the road. The building was sold at auction, Sept. 10, 1830, by Joseph Houston, Robert Steele, and Thomas Stephenson, a committee of the proprietors, to the late Benjamin Kelley, for fifty dollars, and was soon after demolished. Some of the materials became a part of his axe-factory, on Goose River.
The west meeting-house was framed at the head of the graveyard lot, on the northerly side of High Street, a few rods from the WEST MEETING-HOUSE. BUILT 1792. corner of Pearl Street, about where the house of David Lancaster now stands. That location proving swampy,2 the frame was removed to the lot now owned by Mrs. Timothy
1 Previous to this, religious exercises were held alternately in the barns of James Patterson, on the eastern side, and of James Miller, on the western. Seats, and " a sort of pulpit," constructed of rough boards, were provided. Statement of Mrs. Margaret Patterson, 1871.
2 Locke's Sketches.
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Thorndike, and erected there. The building was about forty feet square, one story high, and had but a single door. It was finished inside, and contained regular pews. The following is a copy of the original ground plan,1 with the names of the pew owners : -
Isaac McKeen.
No. 44.
No. 45.
No. 46.
No. 47.
No. 48.
No. 1.
John Cochran.
No 2.
No. 3.
John Cochran.
No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6.
Benjamin Nesmith, Jr.
No. 43.
No. 26.
No. 25.
No. 7. John Alexander.
No. 42.
No. 27.
No. 24. Eplı. McFarland.
No. 8. John Haskell.
No. 41.
No. 28. Robert Miller.
No. 23. Benj. Nesmith.
No. 9. R. Patterson, 2d.
No. 40. Benj. Hartshorn.
No. 29. Eph. McKeen.
No. 22. Robert Miller.
No. 10. John Cochran, Jr.
No. 39.
No. 30. Samuel McKeen.
No. 21. Robert Miller.
No. 11. Eph. McKeen.
No. 38.
No. 31. John Cochran.
No. 20. Thos. Houston.
No. 12. Eph. McKeen
No. 87. Abner McKeen.
No. 32.
No. 19.
No. 13. R. B. Cochran.
No. 36. William Crooks.
No. 33.
No. 18.
No. 14. Tolford Durham.
No. 35.
No. 15. Lemuel Weeks.
No. 49. Jonathan White.
No. 34. John Haskell.
No. 17. Osborn & Haskell.
No. 16. Lemuel Weeks.
The " Proprietors' Book for the Meeting-house on the Westerly Side of the River in Belfast " records a settlement made with Robert Miller for building the house in 1794, and a balance due him of £14 14s. 6d. In 1797, it was voted to finish the outside of the edifice, and the next year "to sell the pew ground," which was done Sept. 1, on the following terms, Tolford Durham acting as auctioneer : " The one quarter of the sum that each pew is sold for is to be paid down, or in ten days ; one half of the re- mainder to be paid in six months ; and the other half within a
1 In the possession of Nathan F. Houston.
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William Tuft.
John Cochran, 2d.
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year ; each purchaser to build his own pew at his own expense within one year, and to be built uniform, and nothing to be con- sidered as a bid under ten cents."
PEW NO.
PEW NO.
10. John Cochran, Jr. . . $10.00
37. Abner McKeen . $10.50
7. John Alexander 8.50
17. Osborn & Haskell . 20.00
26. J. Cochran, Jr. (given np for singers) 13.50
3. John Cochran 13.00
20. Thos. Houston 12.00
21. Robtt Miller . 13.00
22. 13.00
31. John Cochran 12.20
23. Benj. Nesmith . 11.50
44. Isaac McKeen
17.50
13. Robt. B. Cochran 13.00
28. Robert Miller 10.50
16. Lemnel Weeks . 16.00
8. John Haskell 8.10
14. Tolford Durham 12.00
6. Benj. Nesmith, Jr. . 14.00
11. Eph! McKeen 10.00
9. Robert Patterson, 2d . 10.00
12. Eph™ McKeen . 8.50
40. Benj. Hartshorn 11.20
$421.75
Voted, to reserve Nos. 25, 26, and 27 at present for the use of the singers, which were given up by the purchasers.
Voted (no date), "that the meeting-house be given to the town to be improved as a town-house, on condition that all the proprietors of said house and their property be exempted from all expenses towards a town-house for the term of ten years from this time." 1
The Baptists purchased this house in 1822, and removed it to where Jesse Robbins now lives, on Bridge Street. After receiving thorough repairs, it was occupied until the completion of the Baptist Church in 1837, and then removed to the rear, where it now stands, being used as a stable. The outside blinds and the three front doors were of modern date. Neither of the old meeting-houses was ever provided with a steeple. Plain and unadorned as they were, for many years no similar structures on the Penobscot exceeded them. The Duc de Liancourt, a French nobleman, who accompanied General Knox on a tour of observa-
1 Pamphlet book of records, very imperfect, in the possession of Nathan F. Houston.
25. John Cochran (given up for singers) . .
15.00
24. Eph! McFarland . . 15.00
27. Sam! McKeen (given up for singers) . 11.00
49. Jon: White 20.00
29. Eph™ McKeen 10.00
30. Sam! McKeen 11.00
34. 25.00
47. John Haskell 16.50
46. William Tuft 11.00
36. William Crooks 11.00
15. Lemuel Weeks . 8.50
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tion through this section of Maine, in 1795, mentions in his travels seeing " a church in the township of Belfast ; the only one in the Waldo Patent." 1
After the completion of the two meeting-houses, several per- sons preached in them as candidates for settlement, or for stated periods. Provision for public worship continued to be annually made by the town. The Rev. John Murray made an occasional visit. The Rev. Peter Powers,2 of Deer Isle, was frequently here. The Rev. Messrs. True and Ely remained a summer each. Under date of Aug. 10, 1796, the Rev. Paul Coffin, D.D., of Buxton, who was employed as a missionary in Maine, thus refers to Belfast : " We crossed the river, and dined with Mr. Price. He is preach- ing here on probation. The people were very hospitable and kind. Preached from 2 Tim. iii .. 14, 15, in the meeting-house. Four baptisms. George Patterson, son of Robert and Elizabeth ; Sarah Houston, daughter of Samuel and Sarah; James Miller, son of James and Elizabeth ; Sarah Tuft, daughter of Joseph and Sarah." 3
REV. EBENEZER PRICE.
The Rev. Ebenezer Price, mentioned by Mr. Coffin, and who soon after became the first settled minister of Belfast, was born at Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 14, 1771. At the age of ten years, he removed with his father's family to Gilmanton, N. H., where he fitted for college. He graduated at Dartmouth, in the class of 1793. After pursuing theological studies with the Rev. Dr. Elihu Thayer, of Kingston, N. H., he was ordained as pastor in Belfast in 1796, and remained here six years. In 1797 or 1798,4 he built the house on the east side of the river, now owned by Ambrose Strout. It was unpainted, and only partially finished while occupied by Mr. Price. The out-buildings represented in the engraving have been added since. In 1804, he was installed over the Second Congregational Church at West Boscawen, now
1 Travels of the Duc de Liancourt, I. 435.
2 He was the first settled minister of Deer Isle, where he died in 1799, aged seventy- one.
8 Collections Me. Hist. Soc., IV. 324. From a scarcity of hymn-books, the hymns were at this time "deaconed ont," two lines at a time. One of the hooks then used, brought from Ireland by the Miller family, and containing James Miller's autograph, was owned by the Rev. John L. Locke. It is entitled "The Psalms of David, in metre, more Plain, Smooth, and Agreeable to the Text than any heretofore. Allowed by the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, Glasgow, 1714."
4 An entry in the pocket-book of John Cochran shows that Mr. Price boarded with him, on the Salmond place, during at least a portion of 1797.
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Webster, N. H. After a ministry of nearly thirty-three years, he was dismissed May 10, 1837, at his own request, but continued to
OLD PARSONAGE HOUSE.
reside among the people of his latter charge, greatly beloved and respected by them, till after the death of his wife in 1857, and of his daughter in 1859; when, being left alone, he removed to Bos- ton, where he resided with his son, E. Sewall Price, until his death, Feb. 19, 1864, at the age of ninety-two. He was the last survivor of his college class, which consisted of forty, and the last survivor of the Hopkinton Association of Ministers.1
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