Round Church
Bridge St. and Cochran Rd., Richmond, Vermont
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General View of Church
Photo taken by Rick Mattioni
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Coordinates:
+44.39877, -72.9999344°23'56" N, 72°59'60" W
Quadrangle map:Richmond
Description
The Round Church, built in 1812-1813, is a rare, well-preserved example of a sixteen-sided meetinghouse. Richmond architect and builder William Rhodes displayed a level of skill and imagination that is normally reserved for "high style" architects. Traditionally, 18th and 19th century meetinghouses were rectangular or occasionally square in form. Recently restored, the Round Church is significant as an exceptional, and possibly sole, surviving example of an early 19th century sixteen-sided meeting house. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, June 19, 1996
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 1974
- Reference number
- 74000355
- Area of significance
- Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic functions
- Religious structure; City hall
- Current function
- Meeting hall
- Period of significance
- 1800-1824
- Significant years
- 1812; 1813
Update Log
- May 23, 2020: New photos from solarconstant
- November 20, 2012: New photos from Rick Mattioni