Rockingham Meeting House

Rockingham Meetinghouse
Front of the Meeting House
Rockingham Meeting House is located in Vermont
Rockingham Meeting House
Rockingham Meeting House is located in the United States
Rockingham Meeting House
LocationOff VT 103, Rockingham, Vermont
Coordinates43°11′16″N 72°29′12.8″W / 43.18778°N 72.486889°W / 43.18778; -72.486889
Area4.4 acres (18,000 m2)[1]
Built1787–1801
ArchitectGeneral John Fuller
Part ofRockingham Village Historic District (ID07001346)
NRHP reference No.79000232
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1979[2]
Designated NHLMay 16, 2000[3]
Designated CPJanuary 4, 2008

The Rockingham Meeting House, also known as Old North Meeting House and First Church in Rockingham, is a historic civic and religious building on Meeting House Road in Rockingham, Vermont, United States. The Meeting House was built between 1787 and 1801 and was originally used for both Congregational church meetings as well as civic and governmental meetings. Church services ceased in 1839 but town meetings continued to be held in it until 1869.[4] It was restored in 1906 and has been preserved.

It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 as an exceptionally well-preserved "second period" colonial-style meeting house.[1] The building, owned by the town, is available for weddings and other events under rules established by the town.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nrhpinv2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ "Rockingham Meetinghouse". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
  4. ^ Hayes & Hayes 1915, p. 52.
  5. ^ The Rockingham Meeting House brochure