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PublishedNovember 3, 2022
Deed question cleared up for Union Meeting House
With the deed to the Union Meeting House in hand, the Appleton Historical Society is moving forward with plans for a major renovation and the raising of the steeple to its proper place.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2021
Historical society plans legal move to gain ownership of church
In the February newsletter of the Appleton Historical Society, President Fred Bucklin said the society plans legal action to take ownership of the former Union Church. "We have, the Town of Appleton never actually had title to the Meeting House and they did not convey it to us in 1971," he wrote. In 1971, residents voted at town meeting to turn the church over to the society, expecting that the town was going to ...
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PublishedNovember 26, 2020
Who owns this church?
The town of Appleton did a strange thing at its town meeting in March 1971, according to The Camden Herald. The following is recorded for posterity in the article by Nancy Brown: “Voters approved conveyance of the Union Church to the Appleton Historical Society when the property is acquired by the town by a tax lien process. The Society will begin a program of restoration and preservation when it is owner of the ...
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