Canaan, New Hampshire (1793) (GPS location N43° 39′ 55″, W72° 2′ 35″)
The meetinghouse at Canaan, New Hampshire was built in 1793,
and is essentially a "twin" structure to the meetinghouse in Alta, Maine.
Even the spindles on the box pews are the same.
It was built in 1793, and the tower was added in 1829.
It was made 2 stories in 1841, the box pews were removed,
and a floor was added at the balcony level.
The lower level served as the town hall, with church above.
In recent years this structure has been undergoing a marvelous restoration.
A group of people from the community have raised enough money
to set the building on a new foundation,
remove the 1841 floor,
and completely rebuild the box pews following the design
from fragments that were found in the balconies when the floor was removed.
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