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China Baptist Church, Causeway Rd. China Village

Dwayne above has this correct - The China Baptist Church, 36 Causeway Road, China, ME. the church still stands, and is virtually unchanged. The building to its right was lost well before the 200s, though the telephone pole just in front of it still stands today (a replacement that is currently used stands next to it in modern day). The driveway to this building, the footprint of it, and much of the front tree line to its right was cut and paved for parking.
The garage building to the left of the church is the China Village Volunteer Fire Department, whose building has expanded over the years. The bays seen here still stand, but the farther right bay has been replaced with a standard door. The pitched-roof seen here was lost at some point prior to the 2010s, and three bays have since been added to the left of the building - two matching the larger bays here, and one slightly taller bay at the end.
The parking area and shoreline across the road remain relatively unchanged aside from the fencing, which has since been lost and replaced with large stones in several places.

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