Richmond, Vermont’s Round Church, built in 1812 and 1813 near the town green, is an exceptionally rare sixteen-sided wooden meeting house and likely the only surviving example of its kind in North America. Designed by William Rhodes, it adapted the New England meeting-house form to an unusual polygonal plan with restrained Federal-style details and a distinctive roof and belfry. From its beginning, it served both as a town meeting place and as a shared house of worship for five Protestant congregations, though that religious use declined during the 19th century. After closing in 1973 because of structural problems, it was restored in 1980 and 1981 and named a National Historic Landmark in 1996.

Richmond, Vermont · USA