Trinity Church (Anglican), Holderness, New Hampshire
(GPS location N00° 00′ 00″, W00° 00′ 00″)
The "meetinghouse" in Holderness, New Hampshire, is Trinity Episcopal Church.
But, you say, how can that be?
I thought meetinghouses were built by the Puritains,
who had no dealings with the Church of England?
In most cases that is true.
But remember the definition: built at taxpayer expense, and used for religious worship.
In Holderness, the "standing order" was the Church of England.
So in that case, they built an Anglican church.
In colonial times, people tended to live in communities that were like-minded
in terms of their religious affiliation.
It was accepted that taxes would be used to support the "church"
since everyone in town belonged to the same one.
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