Historic Church
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Beer Bottle Church (First Baptist Church)
Located on Lincoln Avenue in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, the First Baptist Church is famously known across New England as the 'Beer Bottle Church.' Built atop the historic Brimstone Hill in 1836 with a steeple added in 1859, the church gained its colorful nickname due to the unique shape of the white wooden spire finial, which vividly resembles an upside-down beer bottle. Paired with a historic steeple clock whose face displays the letters 'MEMORIAL GIFT' instead of numbers, this architectural anomaly is shrouded in ghost lore and local rumors of mischievous builders, eccentric donors, and lingering colonial spirits.