Built in 1826, its styling closely follows the patterns laid out by Asher Benjamin in his 1797 The Country Builder's Assistant, a major architectural guide from the Federal period.

[2] The Baptist New Meeting House is located in the town center of New London, on the north side of Main Street (New Hampshire Route 114), between Seamans Road and the campus of Colby-Sawyer College.

It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof and projecting entry pavilion, topped by a three-stage tower.

[3] New London was largely settled by Baptists from Massachusetts, and their congregation was supported by the town as a whole until the state made such arrangements illegal in 1819.

This church was built in 1826, and its styling closely follows the patterns laid out by Asher Benjamin in his 1797 The Country Builder's Assistant, a major architectural guide from the Federal period.