First Baptist Church of Gilmanton

The First Baptist Church of Gilmanton, also known as the Lower Gilmanton Church, is a historic church building on Province Road (New Hampshire Route 107), slightly north of Stage Road, in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Built in 1842, the church is one of Belknap County's finest Greek Revival churches. The rectangular building presents a two-story main (southwestern) facade, although its main hall occupies the building's full height. Although the main body of the building is clapboarded, the gable end of the main facade is flushboarded. The building has wide corner pilasters, and an elaborate cornice with mouldings, frieze, and architrave on three sides. A two-stage bell tower rises above the main facade. The building was built on land the Baptist Society purchased in 1788 for its first meetinghouse; this building is its second. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.