Weathervane Wednesday ~ Another Historic Church

Weathervane Wednesday is an on-going series of photographs I post weekly.  I started by publishing weather vanes from the Londonderry area, but now I've been finding interesting weather vanes all across New England.  Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting. Often, my readers tip me off to some very unique and unusual weather vanes, too!

Today's weather vane  is from somewhere in New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weather vane #230? Scroll down to see the answer!

Today's weathervane was photographed above the North Congregational Church in Market Square, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  This is a lyre style weathervane seen so often in New England nineteenth century churches.  This style combines the older banner style with an arrow, star, and a tail, more elaborate than eighteenth century weathervanes.    

NORTH CONGREGATIONAL

CHURCH

Organized in 1671

Present Building Erected in 1855

on the site of that of 1712 (which

was remodeled in 1837)

----------NOTED MEMBERS----------

William Whipple -                                 

    Signer of the Declaration of Independence

John Langdon -                                       

Signer of the US Constitution

Daniel Webster-                                      

  Orator - Warden of this Church

One Minister became president of Harvard,

another of Yale

President George Washington-               

        Worshipped here Nov. 1, 1789

The North Congregational Church, Portsmouth, New Hampshire website

http://www.northchurchportsmouth.org/

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ Another Historic Church", Nutfield Genealogy, posted October 14, 2015, (  http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/10/weathervane-wednesday-another-historic.html :  accessed [access date]).