{"id":1061,"date":"2017-12-26T14:51:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:43:38","slug":"old-german-meeting-house-waldoboro-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/old-german-meeting-house-waldoboro-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Old German Meeting House, Waldoboro, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_1061' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_1061=new _2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1061');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_1061=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1061');\n}\nif  (typeof _2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_1061=new _2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1061, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_1061=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1061, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME\/');\n}\npano_0_1061.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_1061.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_1061.addListener('fullscreenexit', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = contentOverflow;\n\t}\n});\n\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px; line-height: 16px;\"><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_11_Old_German_Meeting_House_Waldoboro_ME\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Built in 1772, the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oldgermanmeetinghouse.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Old German Meeting House<\/a> was the center of the German <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lutheranism\" target=\"_blank\">Lutheran<\/a> community, who began immigrating to Waldoboro in 1740 at the invitation of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Waldo\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Waldo<\/a>, promising a better life. The austere two-and-a-half story clapboard building with gabled roof, which resides next to a burial ground, has been lovingly preserved by the German Protestant Society since 1810. Using only natural light from its many windows, the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meeting_house\" target=\"_blank\">meeting house\u2019s<\/a> interior with its plastered walls painted a soft gray, remains largely intact with its original <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vernacular_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">vernacular<\/a> design containing a wood stove, organ, wooden box pews and a goblet-shaped pulpit. Today, the Old German Meeting House serves as a testament to the German community who helped establish the Waldoboro community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to view the 360-degree panoramic image fullscreen on your iPhone or iPad. Built in 1772, the Old German Meeting House was the center of the German Lutheran community, who began immigrating to Waldoboro in 1740 at the invitation of Samuel Waldo, promising a better life. 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