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Old West Church is a historic
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
on Old West Road in the Kents Corner area of
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,
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. Built 1823–25, it is a little-altered example of an early 19th-century rural Vermont church. It was added to the
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in 1973.


Description and history

The Old West Church stands in a rural area of Calais, south of the crossroads village of Kents Corner, on the west side of Old West Road. It is a tall single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and stone foundation. A three-stage tower rises above the front facade, with a square first stage housing the belfry, and two octagonal stages of decreasing size. The main facade has a bank of three similar entrances, each flanked by pilasters, and all set under a common entablature and cornice. Sash windows flank this assemblage, and a second level also has three sash windows. The interior has a vestibule with stairs leading to a gallery level on either side, and is otherwise a single large chamber. The gallery extends on three sides, supported by square posts. The pulpit is against the far wall, and the interior is filled with original plain pine
box pew A box pew is a type of church pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England and other Protestant countries from the 16th to early 19th centuries. History in England Before the rise of Protestantism, seating was not customary in c ...
s. with The church was built in the mid-1820s, in a style that was more common to the late 18th century. The pulpit, originally built at the height of the gallery, was lowered to its present height a few years later. The building has no modern amenities, and is heated by wood stoves installed at the rear in 1831. Its steeple was damaged by lightning in 1953, at which time the weathervane was replaced.


See also

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References

{{NRHP in Washington County, Vermont Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Buildings and structures in Calais, Vermont Churches in Washington County, Vermont National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Vermont 1825 establishments in Vermont Churches completed in 1825