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350 A P P E N D I X E Citations of exterior painting, 1678–1828  When the color vote, application, or purchase is unknown, the meetinghouse date is indicated with an asterisk (*). Abington, Mass. 1764. “Colored” white; paint analysis: sandstone or light yellow on the corner boards, doors a rich green. Alstead, N.H. 1794. Painted red ochre (copied by Washington, N.H.) Amesbury, Mass. 1788. “The West Parish meeting house . . . was painted this year, and it required 33 2-3 bushels of flax seed to make the ‘oyl.’” Arlington, Mass. 1795. “paint the outside . . . the same color as Mr. Thomas Russells.” Arlington, Mass. 1805. “painted white.” Ashburnham, Mass. 1798. Voted that “the color should be pea green”: reconsidered earlier vote and decided on “white.” Barnstable, Mass. (Baptist). 1788.* “a great porch all painted red.” Barnstead Parade, N.H. 1799. “The body . . . was painted yellow; the roof red.” Bedford, Mass. 1780. “covered with a coating of ‘Bedford Yellow,’ a sort of mineral paint found in the town”; beginning of the nineteenth century described as being “dark, dirty yellow.” Bedford, N.H. 1762. “finished mixing 40 pounds of paint for the Meeting house.” Berlin, Mass. 1794. Committee report: “65 gallons linseed oil . . . two barrals fish oil . . . 5001 ⁄2 white lead . . . Verdigrea 61 ⁄2 lb. . . . 5 hundred Spanish brown . . .” Bernardston, Mass. 1793. “painted of a light colour, and very agreeable.” Bernardston, Mass. 1794. “colored yellow.” Bethany, Conn. 1774. “that the meetinghouse be colored blue, and the windows white”; shortly thereafter vote changed to “white.” Bluehill, Maine. 1793. “that the body of the meeting house be painted a yellow stone color and the roof to be painted with oil, turpentine and Spanish brown.” Boston, Mass. (First Church). 1714. Edward Pell paid “for painting ye Brick meeting house.” Boston, Mass. (First Church). 1801. Brick sides light stone color in James Brown Marston’s painting State Street. Boxborough, Mass. 1784. “get the outside of the meeting-house painted.” Boxford, Mass. 1736. “newly painted of an olive color.” Citations of Exterior Painting 351 Boxford, Mass. Circa 1800. Painted “stone-color.” Bradford, Mass. (East Parish). 1822. Moved “to have the meeting-house painted twice over with good white lead and linseed oil with colouring so as to make it a handsome stone colour. The windows and frames to be white.” Braintree, Mass. (Randolph). 1796. “Voted, to build two porches to the meeting-house . . . both to be finished off and painted handsomely.” Branford, Conn. 1797. “painted, or whitewashed, both inside and out, and the roof . . . coated ‘with Spanish Brown laid on with Linseed oil.’” Branford, Conn. 1812. “painted white.” Bridgewater, Mass. (North Parish). 1788. “Window frames and sashes be painted white.” Bridgewater, Mass. (South Parish). 1773. “paint the outside . . . as much as has been painted before.” Bridgewater, Mass. (South Parish). 1802. “white, one shade on the yellow.” Brimfield, Mass. 1761. “to color the outside of the meeting-house.” Bristol, Conn. 1770. Body “spruce yellow”; “Dores and windows . . . white”; roof, Spanish Brown.” Brookfield, Conn. 1769. “oyl and culler the windows and doors, and corner-boards.” Brookfield, Mass. (Second or North Parish). 1756. “voted to color the clapboards of same.” Brooklyn, Conn. 1762. “bright orange,” doors chocolate, with white. Brooklyn, Conn. 1771. Meetinghouse to be “colored white.” Brooklyn, Conn. 1788. Voted in September $100 “to be paid in Flaxseed or any other Material proper for Painting & Repairing the Meeting-house”; voted in November to paint the exterior “of a light Stone colour.” Brunswick, Maine (Baptist). 1795.* Called “Old Yellow Meeting House.” Burrillville, R.I. (Quaker). 1791* “only a modest brown coat upon the exterior.” Camden, Maine. 1799.* “The outside was clap-boarded and painted yellow.” Canaan, N.H. 1792. “painting of the outside exactly like the lower meeting house in Salisbury.” Canaan, N.H. 1794. “that the sides and wall of the house be colored a stone couler, the roof Spanish Brown, and the doors a sky blue.” Canaan, N.H. 1812. Meetinghouse painted with “white lead and a Red Rough.” Candia, N.H. 1795. “house was clapboarded, [and] painted white.” Canton, Conn. 1763. Voted “to coller the Meeting house.” Carlisle, Mass. 1811.* “The body a light straw color with white trimmings; the roof painted a chocolate color, and the doors imitation mahogany.” Centerbrook, Conn. 1797. Voted “to coulour the Meeting House.” Charlestown, N.H. (North Parish). 1801. Meetinghouse painted “tawdry” yellow. Charlestown, N.H. (North Parish). 1825. Tax bill: $125 paid for painting the meetinghouse. Chatham, Mass. 1773. “To paint . . . the frunt and the two...

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