Camp Meeting History

July 2, 2004

Camp Ground’s Tabernacle Is 125

Helen Phillips
The Tabernacle, which celebrates its 125th birthday this season, still feels young.
Camp Meeting History
Tabernacle
July 12, 2004

Tabernacle's Birthday Celebrated with History, Song and Applause

Helen Phillips
More than 2,000 people gathered in the Tabernacle Saturday night to celebrate the structure's 125th birthday.
Tabernacle
Camp Meeting History
April 15, 2005

Camp Ground Wins Designation As National Historic Landmark

James Kinsella
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton has recognized the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs as a National Historic Landmark.  
Camp Meeting History
December 20, 2007
cupola

Tabernacle Cupola Restoration Mixes History, New Technology

Mark Alan Lovewell
The Tabernacle cupola is undergoing the most significant restoration in more than a century. The $635,000 project will not only preserve the cupola for the years ahead, but restore its key purposes of ventilation and visual distinction. For Russell E. Dagnall, president of the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, the work, called Topping off the Tabernacle, is but part of a much larger $3 million restoration of the Tabernacle that began almost 10 years ago.
Tabernacle
Restoration
Camp Meeting History
July 22, 2010
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Begun of a Preacher Man, 175 Years Ago

Phyllis Meras
It was 175 years ago next month that six devout Edgartown Methodists decided to establish a summer religious community of their very own and selected the largest oak grove in New England, near Eastville, to be its site. Camp meetings that provided prayer, preaching, hymn-singing and repentance had come into vogue in America at the turn of the 19th century. In 1827, one had been established at West Chop in the community of Holmes Hole — today’s Vineyard Haven.
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Camp Meeting History
July 11, 2013

Beating Back the Ravages of Nature on This Old House is a Bittersweet Tale

Peggy Sturdivant
Over the years I have wondered what form the end will take for our Camp Ground cottage. Since I began seeing the cottage through adult eyes, I’ve eyed it with the trepidation of watching a truck turn off Main street in Vineyard Haven. It’s not going to make it.
Camp Ground
Camp Meeting History
July 29, 2013

Life's a Porch in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground

Nicholas Bradley
On a summer day in Oak Bluffs, Circuit avenue can sometimes feel like a circus. If you’re looking for some relief from the hot pavement and bustling crowds, follow the road down to the end of the main shopping area and turn right. You’ll stumble into Wesleyan Grove, a shady oasis filled with colorful cottages pulled straight from the pages of a storybook. This is the Camp Ground of the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association.
Camp Ground
Camp Meeting History
July 15, 2014

Camp Ground Pink House Is One of a Kind

Mary Jane Carpenter
The famous Pink House on the grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association is once again for sale. It is the most photographed of all the many photogenic houses in the Camp Ground.
Camp Ground
Camp Meeting History
April 18, 2016

Seats of History: If These Chairs and Benches Could Talk

Steve Myrick
For many Islanders, the chairs and benches at the Oak Bluffs Tabernacle are synonymous with the place itself. Now the iconic 19th century seating will be restored.
Town meetings
Tabernacle
Camp Meeting History
Oak Bluffs history
June 25, 2016

New Camp Ground Director Has Long History in Hospitality

Mike Kotsopoulos
After a long career in hospitality CJ Rivard is the new executive director of the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association.
Camp Ground
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Camp Meeting History
August 2, 2017

Building Community Through Song

Vivian Ewing
On a recent Wednesday evening over 200 people followed the winding paths of the Camp Ground to the Trinity Park Tabernacle for the Community Sing, a tradition for more than 100 years.
Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association
Community Sing
Camp Meeting History
August 3, 2017

Camp Meeting

“Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye!,” shouted the town crier after ringing a large brass bell at the end of Pier 44, Vineyard Haven.
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