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Round Church

Round Church may refer to:

  • Round Church, Preslav, a 10th-century church in Preslav, Bulgaria
  • Round Church, Cambridge or Holy Sepulchre, a 12th-century church in Cambridge, England, UK
  • Round Church (Richmond, Vermont), a 19th-century meeting house in Richmond, Vermont, U.S.
  • Round church, a special type of church construction, having a completely circular plan
Round Church (Richmond, Vermont)

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 a rare, well-preserved example of a sixteen-sided meeting house. 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. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1996 for the rarity of its form and its exceptional state of preservation.

Usage examples of "round church".

Below I could see the cluster of beehive huts and the round church that had been built by Joseph of Arimathea, and I realized that this was Inis Witrin of the monks, not Avalon.

Bowmore, the unofficial capital of the island, was a tidy village with slate-roofed white houses and an unusual round church at the head of its broad main street.

She locked the bicycle by the Round Church and made her way on foot down Trinity Street to the side entrance of Porterhouse and let herself in with a key she had used in the old days when she had bedded for the Chaplain.