{"id":1178,"date":"2018-12-30T06:34:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T06:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:25:37","slug":"first-parish-church-dover-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/first-parish-church-dover-new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"First Parish Church Congregational, Dover, New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='ggpkg_container_0_1178' style='width:100%; height:300px; position: relative;'>\nLoading&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH\/pano2vr_player.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH\/skin.js'><\/script>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nwindow.addEventListener('load',function() {\nif  (typeof _2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH_pano2vrPlayer != 'undefined') {\n\tpano_0_1178=new _2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH_pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1178');\n} else {\n\tpano_0_1178=new pano2vrPlayer('ggpkg_container_0_1178');\n}\nif  (typeof _2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH_pano2vrSkin != 'undefined') {\n\tskin_0_1178=new _2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH_pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1178, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH\/');\n} else {\n\tskin_0_1178=new pano2vrSkin(pano_0_1178, 'https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH\/');\n}\npano_0_1178.readConfigUrlAsync('https:\/\/seththompson.info\/sacredspacesne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH\/pano.xml');\nvar contentOverflow = document.getElementById('content') ? document.getElementById('content').style.overflow : '';\npano_0_1178.addListener('fullscreenenter', function() {\n\tif (document.getElementById('content')) {\n\t\tdocument.getElementById('content').style.overflow = 'visible';\n\t}\n});\npano_0_1178.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\/2018_08_01_First_Parish_Church_Dover_NH\/\" 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>Founded in 1633, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"First Parish Church (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstparishdover.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">First Parish Church<\/a> is the oldest congregation in the state of New Hampshire. The church\u2019s fifth home, is a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Federal style (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_architecture\" target=\"_blank\">Federal style<\/a> brick structure, with steeple modeled after that of The First Religious Society of  Newburyport, Massachusetts, was designed and built by Captain James Davis in 1829. The interior has undergone extensive changes since the building\u2019s construction, the first in 1878 when the organ was moved to the front of the sanctuary, the box-style pews were removed, and the current arced slip pews were installed.  In 1945, the side galleries were removed, a colonial-style chancel area built, and the pews and walls painted white.  The exterior has undergone few changes since its construction. Donald Bryant, the author of <em>The History of the First Parish Church<\/em>, wrote that with all of the significant changes to the city of Dover since the church\u2019s founding, \u201cno buildings and no institutions [remain] except the First Parish Church. In the fabric of Dover\u2019s history it continues as the single living thread that runs from the beginning to the present and will run unbroken into the future.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1633, First Parish Church is the oldest congregation in the state of New Hampshire. 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