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West Dover is actually located in south-central Dover, and extends along Vermont Route 100, as it follows the North Branch Deerfield River. [3] The central portion of the village is strung along VT 100 between Cross Town Road in the northwest and Dorr Fitch Road to the southeast, shortly before VT 100 crosses the river and turns south toward Wilmington.
The main house was built in 1860 by Orville Corse, and may have originally served as a tavern, given the configuration with two primary entrances. Since 1907 it has been owned by members of the Shippee family. It is the only two-story Greek Revival house in West Dover, and is one of the finest of the style in the entire town.
First Parish Church in Dover, oldest congregation founded in 1632 (Congregational/United Church of Christ) Newington Meeting House is the oldest church building in New Hampshire (1717, Congregational).
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West Brattleboro was the site of the town's second church (built in 1785), and the area soon grew to become a wayside stop for travelers heading east or west. In 1818 the roads were realigned, creating the triangular common, and the church was moved to the site of the present First Congregational Church.
Congregationalism (also Congregationalist churches or Congregational churches) is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government. Each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.
The First Congregational Church of Marietta, Ohio, gathered in 1796, is the oldest Congregational church in the region. [67] In 1798, the Connecticut General Association created the Connecticut Missionary Society to provide for the religious needs of the new settlements. Between 1798 and 1818, the society sent 148 ministers to the frontier ...
Dover Town Hall is located in the village center of Dover, Vermont, at the junction of Holland and Taft Brook Roads. Built in 1828, it is a well-preserved example of a transitional Federal-Gothic Revival church building, converted to government use in 1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]