Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church

Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church is located in Maine
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church is located in the United States
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church
LocationE side of Capitol Hill Rd., .5 mi. N of jct. with ME 161, New Sweden, Maine
Coordinates46°56′19″N 68°7′14″W / 46.93861°N 68.12056°W / 46.93861; -68.12056
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.97000608[1]
Added to NRHPJune 20, 1997

The Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church is a historic church at 29 Capitol Hill Road in New Sweden, Maine. The congregation was established by Swedish immigrants to the area in 1871, and the Gothic Revival sanctuary was built in 1879-80. In 1896 the church was named in honor of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] The church congregation was in 2003 subjected to one of the nation's largest cases of arsenic poisoning, perpetrated by one of its parishioners.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.