{"id":1097,"date":"2018-01-05T15:35:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T15:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2025-11-21T12:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T12:58:42","slug":"finnish-congregational-church-south-thomaston-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/finnish-congregational-church-south-thomaston-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnish Congregational Church, South Thomaston, Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_1097' 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_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_1097=new _2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1097');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_1097=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1097');\n}\nif  (typeof _2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_1097=new _2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1097, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_1097=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1097, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME\/');\n}\npano_0_1097.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017_08_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_ME\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_1097.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_1097.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_12_Finnish_Congregational_Church_Thomaston_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>The <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.finnheritage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Finnish Congregational Church<\/a> was formally organized in 1921 in response to an influx of Finnish immigrants to the area between 1900 and 1920. 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