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href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=First_Congregational_Church_of_Bennington&params=42_53_0_N_73_12_48_W_type:landmark_region:US-VT"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°53′0″N</span> <span class="longitude">73°12′48″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.88333°N 73.21333°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.88333; -73.21333</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Area</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1.5 acres (0.61 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Built</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1805<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1805</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lavius_Fillmore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lavius Fillmore (page does not exist)">Lavius Fillmore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">Georgian, Federal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/wiki/Old_Bennington_Historic_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Bennington Historic District">Old Bennington Historic District</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/84000030">ID84000030</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/73000186">73000186</a><sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background: #A8EDEF">Significant dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">April 24, 1973</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated CP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">October 4, 1984</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>First Congregational Church of Bennington</b>, also known as the <b>Old First Church</b>, is a historic church in <a href="/wiki/Old_Bennington,_Vermont" title="Old Bennington, Vermont">Old Bennington, Vermont</a>. The congregation was organized in 1762 and the current meeting house was built in 1805.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building, one of the state's best examples of Federal period religious architecture, was added to the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description_and_history">Description and history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Congregational_Church_of_Bennington&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description and history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Old First Church occupies a prominent position facing the green in the center of Old Bennington, at the junction of Monument Avenue and Church Lane near the southern end of the green. It is a two-story rectangular wood-frame structure, with a projecting entry vestibule and multi-stage tower. The gabled roof has a modillioned eave, and the exterior is finished in wooden clapboards with quoined corners. The entry vestibule is also gabled, with two round-arch entrances flanking a larger central entrance, which is topped by a rounded transom and gable. The second level of the vestibule has a large Palladian window with broken pediment above, and there is a half-round window in the pediment above. The tower has pilastered corners, with a smaller Palladian window in the first stage, an open second stage octagonal belfry, and an octagonal cupola at the top.<sup id="cite_ref-NRHP_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRHP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The church congregation was organized in 1762, and its first meetinghouse was built in 1766. Due to increased participation, this building, with a seating capacity of six hundred fifty, was built in 1805, funded by the sale of pews and local levies. It was designed by builder Lavius Fillmore, who apparently borrowed heavily from Plate 35 of <a href="/wiki/Asher_Benjamin" title="Asher Benjamin">Asher Benjamin</a>'s <i>The Country Builder's Assistant</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NRHP_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRHP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Bennington_Cemetery">Old Bennington Cemetery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Congregational_Church_of_Bennington&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Old Bennington Cemetery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The adjacent cemetery Old Bennington Cemetery, also known as Old First Church Cemetery or Old First Congregational Church Cemetery, was designated by the Vermont legislature as "Vermont's Sacred Acre".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FirstCongregationalChurchofBenningtonRear.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/FirstCongregationalChurchofBenningtonRear.jpg/220px-FirstCongregationalChurchofBenningtonRear.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/FirstCongregationalChurchofBenningtonRear.jpg/330px-FirstCongregationalChurchofBenningtonRear.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/FirstCongregationalChurchofBenningtonRear.jpg/440px-FirstCongregationalChurchofBenningtonRear.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1228" data-file-height="1818" /></a><figcaption>View from cemetery in rear.</figcaption></figure><p> It is the burial site of poet <a href="/wiki/Robert_Frost" title="Robert Frost">Robert Frost</a>. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Congregational_Church_of_Bennington&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bennington_County,_Vermont" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont">National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Congregational_Church_of_Bennington&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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H. Bradford Hook and Ladder Fire House">W. H. Bradford Hook and Ladder Fire House</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_C._Bull_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William C. Bull House (page does not exist)">William C. Bull House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._J._Bullock_Block" title="E. J. Bullock Block">E. J. Bullock Block</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">First Congregational Church of Bennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Frost_Farm_(South_Shaftsbury,_Vermont)" title="Robert Frost Farm (South Shaftsbury, Vermont)">Robert Frost Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gov._Jonas_Galusha_Homestead" title="Gov. Jonas Galusha Homestead">Gov. Jonas Galusha Homestead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hard_Farm_Homestead" title="Hard Farm Homestead">Zera Hard House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_House_(Bennington,_Vermont)" title="Henry House (Bennington, Vermont)">William Henry House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildene" title="Hildene">Hildene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holden%E2%80%93Leonard_Mill_Complex" title="Holden–Leonard Mill Complex">Holden–Leonard Mill Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenks_Tavern" title="Jenks Tavern">Jenks Tavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amos_Lawrence_House" title="Amos Lawrence House">Amos Lawrence House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manley-Lefevre_House" title="Manley-Lefevre House">Manley-Lefevre House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mathews_House" title="David Mathews House">David Mathews House</a> ‡</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munro-Hawkins_House" title="Munro-Hawkins House">Munro-Hawkins House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Bennington_Depot" class="mw-redirect" title="North Bennington Depot">North Bennington Depot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_and_Sophia_Norton_House" title="Julius and Sophia Norton House">Julius and Sophia Norton House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park%E2%80%93McCullough_Historic_House" title="Park–McCullough Historic House">Park-McCullough House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme_House" title="Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme House">Pratt-McDaniels-LaFlamme House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Block" title="Ritchie Block">Ritchie Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_Street_Duplexes" title="School Street Duplexes">School Street Duplexes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Squire_House" title="Frederick Squire House">Frederick Squire House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_House_(Stamford,_Vermont)" title="Tudor House (Stamford, Vermont)">Tudor House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wait_Block" title="Wait Block">Wait Block</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H.C._White_Company_Mill_Complex" title="H.C. White Company Mill Complex">H.C. White Company Mill Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cora_B._Whitney_School" title="Cora B. Whitney School">Cora B. Whitney School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Wilson_House" title="Bill Wilson House">Wilson House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Vermont_Arts_Center" title="Southern Vermont Arts Center">Yester House</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_property_types#Structure" title="National Register of Historic Places property types">Structures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_Green_Covered_Bridge" title="Arlington Green Covered Bridge">Arlington Green Covered Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennington_Battle_Monument" title="Bennington Battle Monument">Bennington Battle Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_Mill_Village_Bridge" title="Paper Mill Village Bridge">Bennington Falls Covered Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Henry_Covered_Bridge" title="Burt Henry Covered Bridge">Henry Covered Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silk_Covered_Bridge" title="Silk Covered Bridge">Silk Covered Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black;width:1%">Former listings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Seesaw%27s" title="Johnny Seesaw's">Johnny Seesaw's Historic District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black;width:1%">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡ This historic property also has portions in an adjacent state.</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black"><div><b>See also:</b> <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Bennington_County,_Vermont" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont">National Register of Historic Places listings in Bennington County, Vermont</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Vermont" title="List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont">List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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