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rising to a full entablature. The door and window bays on the front and sides are articulated by brick pilasters. The gable above the portico is finished with multiple levels of trim. The tower that rises above the front is elaborately styled, with a clock in the first stage and belfry in the second. Its stages are basically square, with chamfered corners featuring panel sections on the clock stage and paired miniature Ionic columns on the belfry stage. The tower is capped by an octagonal slate roof and weathervane.
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The Shoreham Congregational Church is situated prominently in the village center of Shoreham, at the southwest corner of School and Main Streets. It is a single-story brick building, with a gabled roof and stone foundation. Its front has a tall projecting portico, with four fluted Doric columns
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The first church congregation was organized in Shoreham in 1794, and its first meeting house was built in 1800. In the first half of the 19th century, Shoreham became a remarkably prosperous agricultural community, its success derived from widespread cultivation of merino sheep. In 1846, the
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present edifice was constructed under the supervision of Jacob Lamb, a regionally well-known master builder, whose other credits include the
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Shoreham Congregational Church is located in Vermont
Shoreham Congregational Church is located in the United States
Shoreham, Vermont
43°53′36″N 73°18′59″W / 43.89333°N 73.31639°W / 43.89333; -73.31639
MPS
Religious Buildings, Sites and Structures in Vermont MPS
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Shoreham, Vermont
National Register of Historic Places
Wilcox-Cutts House
Orwell
Asher Benjamin
National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery"
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National Register of Historic Places
Addison County, Vermont

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