Temple Ave. in Ocean Park, Old Orchard Beach, Maine. County/parish: York.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 28, 1975. NRIS 75000119.
1 contributing building.
The Temple is a historic octagon-shaped Baptist church building on Temple Avenue in the Ocean Park area of Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Built in 1881, it is the centerpiece of the summer camp meeting established in 1880 by Free Will Baptists led by Bates College President Oren Cheney. It is the only known octagonal religious structure in use in the state. The temple was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and included in the Ocean Park Historic Buildings district in 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88687871