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| Location | Round Church Road, Richmond, Vermont |
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| Coordinates | 44°23′56.3″N 72°59′58″W / 44.398972°N 72.99944°W |
| Area | 1.0 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1812–1813 |
| Architect | William Rhodes |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000355[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1974[1] |
| Designated NHL | June 19, 1996[2] |
The Round Church, also known as the Old Round Church, is a historic church on Round Church Road in Richmond, Vermont. Built in 1812–1813, it is an extraordinarily rare, well-preserved example of a sixteen-sided meeting house, likely the only remaining example of its kind in North America; the only other known definitively sixteen-sided building in the Northeastern United States is Union College's Nott Memorial. It was built to serve as the meeting place for the town as well as five Protestant congregations. Today, it is maintained by the Richmond Historical Society and is open to the public during the summer and early fall. It is also available for weddings and other events.[3] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996 for the rarity of its form and its exceptional state of preservation.[2][4]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Round Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved October 10, 2007.
- ^ Old Round Church website
- ^ Gary Bressor; Ann Cousins & Harriet Riggs (September 14, 1994). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Round Church / Old Round Church" (pdf). National Park Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help). Accompanying 7 photos by Gary Bressor, exterior and interior, from 1994. (1.12 MB)