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built in 1823 by a union of four different congregations. The Methodist ended their use of the building in 1848, the Quakers in 1865, and the Congregational Society purchased the interest of the Methodists in 1867. Over the next two years, the building was enlarged and given its present Italianate styling. The building is now occupied by a non-denominational Christian congregation.
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Swanton was incorporated in 1790, and its town center was laid out in 1803. Its Congregational Society was organized in 1801, and met in schoolhouses and other local buildings until 1817, when the society built a union meetinghouse with the local Baptist congregation. The present brick church was
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parish hall. It is a brick building, three bays wide and five deep, with a gabled roof. A tower rises from the front roofline, beginning with a square base housing a clock. It is topped by an extended modillioned cornice, above which is an octagonal belfry. Each facade of the belfry stage is
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topped by a bracketed low-pitch gable, and a narrow steeple rises above. The center bay of the main facade is a gabled projection, with the main entrance set in a tall segmented-arch opening. Windows in the flanking bays and the sides are also set in segmented-arch openings.
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The Swanton Christian Church building is prominently situated at the southern end of the Swanton village green, between the former Swanton Academy building (now housing town offices) and the
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First Congregational Church of Swanton
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Swanton Christian Church is located in Vermont
Swanton Christian Church is located in the United States
Swanton Village, Vermont
44°55′2″N 73°7′21″W / 44.91722°N 73.12250°W / 44.91722; -73.12250
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Religious Buildings, Sites and Structures in Vermont MPS
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Swanton
Vermont
National Register of Historic Places
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Vermont


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National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


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