Frist Street Parish Church

Photo By: Nicole Brassard

The First Street Parish Church is located in Brunswick Maine. This church was attended by Harriet Beecher Stowe and General Joshua Chamberlain. Harriet Beecher Stowe claimed that she was inspired to write Uncle Tom's Cabin after seeing a vision of the slave Tom while she was worshipping at the First Parish Church in Brunswick. There is a plaque located at the pew of both Stowe and Chamberlain. The Chamberlain family sat at pew number 64. Chamberlain spoke at the church on numerous occasions. Other famous people that have spoken from the pulpit of this historic church include Longfellow, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr. When I walked in the church it was very quite and beautiful. I got the chance to see the pews were Chamberlain and Stowe use to sit. When I was there it was the middle of the week and no one was around. It was very inspiring to see the location.