Built in 1800, this steepleless and originally unheated structure served for both town and church meetings. It and a similar building in Rockingham, Vt., are the only two survivors of about 70 meeting houses with twin end "porches" or stairwells built in New England in the 1700s. The building retains box pews, once privately owned, and a high pulpit, while "singing seats" in the gallery reflect the introduction of choral music in the late 1700s. The nearby hearse house, built in 1849, marks a transition in local funerals from a hand-carried bier to a horse-drawn vehicle.