Here you see a Baptist church that was built in 1845 and, I believe, still is attended by a congregation. It seems typical of many of the 19th Century rural New England churches that were built in what is now called the Vernacular Greek Revival style. Their new, hard-working congregations could not afford (and did not want) a grand Greek Revival building of the type going up in wealthy areas in the quickly-expanding United States.
That is, this church is Vernacular (of a localized style) because it is close to a road, made mostly of wood, and painted white in imitation of marble. It has a Greco-Roman triangular temple front (pediment), as did many real Greek Revival buildings, but no marble or stone columns to hold the pediment up – just wooden impressions of plain Doric columns (pilasters). It has a multi-stage belfry, but maybe no bell. (Some Vernaculars used stucco and/or brick, according to the literature and what I have seen.)
Nonetheless, who would want a large Greek Revival edifice in this setting? This apparently well-maintained church seems appropriate and inviting for a local congregation. It sits there in quiet brightness by a rising rural road in the shelter of tall trees – not proud, but certainly not shy. (Image taken in North Sedgwick, Maine, on October 11, 2025.) Click on the image to enlarge it.