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to a modest entablature. The front-facing gable is fully pedimented with a plain clapboarded interior. The facade is symmetrical, with tall sash windows flanking the central entrance. The entrance is in a slight recess, framed by pilasters rising to an entablature and projecting cornice. A multistage tower rises from the roof ridge, starting with a square stage, above which an octagonal stage has plain circular panels in four faces. The belfry is in the next stage, which is basically square, with louvered sides and chamfered corners decorated with paneled pilasters. A slender spire caps the structure. The interior retains many original period features, including
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The Salisbury Congregational Church is centrally located in Salisbury's small village center, on the north side of Maple Run Road. It is a single story wood-frame structure, with a gable roof, clapboarded exterior, and limestone foundation. The building corners have narrow corner boards, which rise
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The church was built between 1840 and 1842 by Asahel Parsons, a local builder whose credits include churches in
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont
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Salisbury Congregational Church is located in Vermont
Salisbury Congregational Church is located in the United States
Salisbury, Vermont
43°53′49″N 73°6′10″W / 43.89694°N 73.10278°W / 43.89694; -73.10278
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Religious Buildings, Sites and Structures in Vermont MPS
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Salisbury, Vermont
Greek Revival architecture
National Register of Historic Places
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Middlebury
Lake Dunmore
National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont


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National Register of Historic Places
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