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Creation Date
10-1-2012
Description
The Sign at Old First Church. Inscription reads:
"First Church in Vermont Dedicated to Separation of Church and State. Congregation founded by those seeking religious freedom. Vermont's Legislature designated this church "Vermont's Colonial Shrine;" adjacent cemetery "Vermont's Sacred Acre."
Congregation organized 1762. Sanctuary dedicated 1806. Seating capacity 650. Lavius Fillmore, Architect. Georgian Federal. Cost $7,793.20.
Latitude, Longitude
42 deg 53' 0.61", 73 deg 12' 46.35"
Recommended Citation
Taylor,, George Lansing Jr., "First Congregational Church Sign Bennington VT" (2012). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 7081.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/7081
