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Lutz Mountain Meeting House

3143 Mountain Road, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1G, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2004/11/15

The Lutz Mountain Meeting House has been largely preserved since its construction in 1883.; Moncton Museum
Lutz Mountain Meeting House - 2004
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Other Name(s)

Lutz Mountain Meeting House
Musée d'Héritage de Lutz Mountain
Lutz Mountain Baptist Church
Lutz Mountain Heritage Museum
Eglise baptiste de Lutz Mountain
Second Moncton Baptist Church
Deuxième Eglise Baptiste de Moncton

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Construction Date(s)

1883/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2005/11/28

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Lutz Mountain Meeting House consists of a late 19th century New England style religious one-room meetinghouse located at the north end of Moncton on Mountain Road as it approaches Lutz Mountain.

Heritage Value

The Lutz Mountain Meeting House was designated because it is a good example of a late 19th century rural church structure in the New England meeting house architectural style with religious Gothic Revival elements. The single-room concept, rectangular massing and white clapboard siding are indicative of the religious and educational meeting houses that proliferated rural New Brunswick during this period. The Lutz Mountain Meeting House was also designated for its religious and community significance in the history of the Lutz Mountain area. The structure was the Second Moncton Baptist Church when Chipman Trites built it in 1883 and received worshippers until 1974.

Source: Moncton Museum, Moncton, New Brunswick - second floor files – “3143 Mountain”

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements relating to location and context include:
- its location on original site adjacent to Lutz Mountain.

The character-defining elements relating to the exterior elements of the structure include:
- returned moulded eaves;
- white clapboard siding with square headed nails;
- Tuscan style corner posts;
- double doors with fanlight transoms;
- double hung Gothic arch windows with coloured glass shaped transoms;
- hood moulding with square stops and pendants;
- plain window sills.

The character-defining elements relating to the structural elements of the building include:
- rectangular massive;
- steeply pitched roof;
- New England one-room meeting house design;
- original brick chimney and flue;
- original pegged beam design.

The character-defining elements relating to the interior elements of the structure include:
- original pews;
- original hardwood floors;
- heritage artifacts from community and original church;
- lathe wainscoting;
- plaster and lath walls.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

New Brunswick

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (NB)

Recognition Statute

Community Planning Act

Recognition Type

Local Register

Recognition Date

2004/11/15

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

1974/01/01 to 1974/01/01

Theme - Category and Type

Building Social and Community Life
Religious Institutions
Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
Architecture and Design
Peopling the Land
Settlement

Function - Category and Type

Current

Community
Social, Benevolent or Fraternal Club
Leisure
Museum

Historic

Religion, Ritual and Funeral
Religious Facility or Place of Worship

Architect / Designer

n/a

Builder

Chipman Trites

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Moncton Museum, 20 Mountain Road, Moncton, New Brunswick - second floor, back office files - filed by civic address

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

200

Status

Published

Related Places

n/a

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