Leicester Meeting House

Historic church in Vermont, United States

United States historic place

Leicester Meeting House

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| US 7 and Town Hwy. 1 (Leicester-Whiting Rd.), Leicester, Vermont
Coordinates| 43°51′58″N 73°6′32″W﻿ / ﻿43.86611°N 73.10889°W﻿ / 43.86611; -73.10889
Area| 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built| 1829 (1829)
Architectural style| Federal
NRHP reference No.| 88001043[1]
Added to NRHP| July 28, 1988

The Leicester Meeting House is a historic church building at the junction of United States Route 7 and the Leicester-Whiting Road in the center of Leicester, Vermont. Built in 1829, it is a well-preserved example of vernacular Federal period church architecture executed in brick. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

## Description and history

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The Leicester Meeting House is the most prominent structure in the rural community of Leicester's town center, located in what is known locally at Four Corners, the junction of US 7 with the Leicester-Whiting Road and Fern Lake Road. It is a single-story brick building, covered by a gabled roof and resting on a rustically cut stone foundation. It is three bays wide and three deep, with tall round-top sash windows set in round-arch recesses. The main entrance is in the center bay of the south-facing front facade, which projects about 4 feet (1.2 m) forward and has a gabled roof. The double-leaf doorway is topped by a shallow arched transom window, and there is a Palladian window above; both the doorway and window are set in a shallow arched recess. [2]

The church was built in 1829 by the Leicester Meeting House Society, formed in 1825 to provide a church meeting space for multiple Christian congregations. The brick was locally sourced, apparently made from clay sources about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) away. The only major alteration to the building has been in its interior, which was originally built with the pulpit at the south end, in a semicircular niche below the gallery. In 1869, the society voted to move the pulpit to the north wall, where it stands on a raised platform. The church has served many different denominations over the years, including Methodists, Congregationalists, Pentecostals, and the Church of the Nazarene.[2]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ a b Townsend H. Anderson (1986). "NRHP nomination for Leicester Meeting House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 4, 2016. with photos from 1986

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National Register of Historic Places in Addison County, Vermont

National
Historic
Landmark|

* Robert Frost Farm
* Mount Independence
* Rokeby
* Emma Willard House

Districts|

* Bristol Downtown Historic District
* Camp Marbury Historic District
* Colonel Ephraim and Sarah Doolittle Farm
* Fenn Farm
* Field Farm
* John Hamilton Farmstead
* The Heights
* Middlebury Village Historic District
* Salisbury Fish Hatchery
* Shard Villa
* University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm
* Vergennes Historic District
* Vergennes Residential Historic District
* Witherell Farm

Buildings|

| Commercial|

* Chimney Point Tavern
* Chipman's Point
* Cornwall General Store
* Dog Team Tavern †
* Old Stone Blacksmith Shop
* Salisbury Village Blacksmith Shop
* Stagecoach Inn
* Waybury Inn

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Educational|

* Cotton Free Library
* District School No. 1
* District Six Schoolhouse
* Lampson School
* School House and Town Hall
* Old Stone Row

Government|

* Cornwall Town Hall
* Monkton Town Hall
* Salisbury Town Hall
* School House and Town Hall

Industrial|

* Hoag Gristmill and Knight House Complex
* Stone Mill

Religious|

* Addison Baptist Church
* Brooksville Advent Church †
* First Congregational Church
* First Congregational Church of Cornwall Parsonage
* Leicester Meeting House
* Monkton Borough Baptist Church
* Ripton Community House
* Salisbury Congregational Church
* Shoreham Congregational Church
* South Starksboro Friends Meeting House and Cemetery
* Starksboro Village Meeting House
* Union Church
* Union Meetinghouse
* Wesleyan Methodist Church

Residential|

* Bottum Farm
* Capts. Louis and Philomene Daniels House
* Paris and Anna Fletcher House
* Glen Dale
* Hand's Cove
* Hawley's Ferry House
* House at 215 School Street
* Ruth Stone House
* Gen. Samuel Strong House
* John Strong House
* Samuel Paddock Strong House
* Wilcox-Cutts House

Transportation|

* Larrabee's Point Complex
* New Haven Junction Depot
* Vergennes Station House

Site|

* Orwell Site

Structures|

* Bridge 26
* Cedar Swamp Covered Bridge
* East Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge
* Halpin Covered Bridge
* Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge
* Pulp Mill Covered Bridge

Footnotes|

† This entry has been removed from the register.

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Addison County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont
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