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Starksboro Village Meeting House (1840) – pointed arch windows detail

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Route 116, Starksboro, Vermont USA • Gothic Revival style, gable roof, 1-1/2 stories. Features: distinctive interior, entry entablature, ridge tower, pointed arch windows, stained glass, entry pilasters, pinnacles atop the belfry. It was constructed between 1838 and 1840 by the Methodist Episcopal, Free Will Baptist, and Christian congregations; and by the Town, which appropriated 0 to furnish the basement room for use as the Town Hall.

The Meeting House is located in the middle of its 82 1/2 foot wide and 132 foot deep lot on the west side of Vermont Route 116 in the center of Starksboro Village. It is the only building on the lot. The building is three bays wide and three deep. It is a one story high rectangular clapboard sided wood frame structure on a tall fieldstone basement wall. …

It is not known who designed or built the Meeting House. However, it is similar to other Gothic Revival style churches in Vermont from the same period that were designed or influenced by the work of master builder John Cain of Rutland. This indicates the building committee’s awareness of architectural trends and the newly emerging Gothic Revival style in Vermont. It is the only one of its type in the region of Starksboro and its surrounding neighbor towns that remains unchanged. …

Today, the Meeting House is cared for by an eleven person board dedicated to preserving the building and providing Starksboro with space for community activities. The building is at the center of the village and is a vital part of the unique village scape of Starksboro. – From the website of the Meeting House.

☞ This structure is listed on the Vermont State Register of Historic Places. Source: Data excerpts from "The Historic Architecture of Addison County: including a listing of the Vermont State Register of Historic Places"; Vermont Division of Historic Preservation; Curtis B. Johnson, Editor; © 1992.

☞ On November 7, 1985, the National Park Service added this building to the National Register of Historic Places (#85002768).