Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church
Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church | |
| Location | E side of Capitol Hill Rd., .5 mi. N of jct. with ME 161, New Sweden, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 46°56′19″N 68°7′14″W / 46.93861°N 68.12056°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000608 |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1997 |
The Gustaf Adolph Lutheran Church is a historic church at 29 Capitol Hill Road in New Sweden, Maine. The congregation was established by Swedish immigrants to the area in 1871, and the Gothic Revival sanctuary was built in 1879-80. In 1896 the church was named in honor of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The church congregation was in 2003 subjected to one of the nation's largest cases of arsenic poisoning, perpetrated by one of its parishioners.