German Meetinghouse (1772), Waldoboro, Maine (GPS location N44° 5′ 23″, W69° 23′ 16″)
The meetinghouse in Waldoboro, Maine was built in 1772 by early German Lutherin immigrants.
It's architecture is somewhat different from the Puritain meetinghouses.
The entrance is on the end rather than on the side,
and the high pulpet is at the opposite end.
There is no deacons' seat in front of the pulpet because deacons are relatively unimportant
in the Lutherin Church.
The building was originally built on the other side of the Medomak river,
but in 1795 it was moved across the river to its present site.
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