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Methodist-Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Stannard Mountain Rd., Stannard, Vermont
Coordinates	44°32′33″N 72°12′48″W / 44.54250°N 72.21333°W / 44.54250; -72.21333
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1888 (1888)
Architectural style	Victorian vernacular
NRHP reference No.	78000229
Added to NRHP	January 5, 1978

The Methodist-Episcopal Church, also known as the Stannard-Greensboro Bend Methodist Church, is a historic church in Stannard, Vermont. Built in 1888, it is one of the small town's few 19th-century public buildings, and a good example vernacular Victorian architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Description and history

The town center of Stannard, a small rural community of northern Vermont, is little more than a crossroads at Stannard Mountain Road and Lazy Mill Road, with dispersed residences. The church, one of two municipal buildings in the town center, is located east of the junction, on the south side of Stannard Mountain Road. It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and granite foundation. A square tower rises from the left front corner, with three stages separated by shingled skirts which have steeply pitched small walled gables. The ground stage has a secondary entrance, the second stage has a narrow louvered opening, and the third stage houses the belfry, with paired louvered openings. The tower is capped by a pyramidal roof with bands of multicolored slate shingles. The main facade is three bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by windows, each set in Gothic-arched openings. The interior of the church is virtually unaltered since its construction.

The church was built in 1888, and is, along with the nearby Stannard Schoolhouse (now the town hall), one of its only public buildings. It was built on land donated by a citizen, on condition that it be used at least once per year for religious services. This annual event is now part of an "old home day" celebration.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ Richard Cote (1977). "NRHP nomination for Methodist Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-01. with photos from 1977

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Caledonia County, Vermont
National Historic Landmark	St. Johnsbury Athenaeum
Districts	Barnet Center Historic District Darling Estate Historic District Downtown Hardwick Village Historic District William and Agnes Gilkerson Farm Hardwick Street Historic District Maple Street–Clarks Avenue Historic District New Discovery State Park Peacham Corner Historic District Railroad Street Historic District Ricker Pond State Park St. Johnsbury Federal Fish Culture Station St. Johnsbury Historic District St. Johnsbury Main Street Historic District Stillwater State Park Thresher Mill West View Farm Wheelock Common Historic District
Buildings	Benoit Apartments Building at 143 Highland Avenue Burklyn Hall Caledonia No. 9 Grange Hall Christian Union Society Meetinghouse Cobb School Cote Apartment House Darling Inn J. R. Darling Store District 6 School House Elkins Tavern Fairbanks Museum Franklin Fairbanks House Alice Lord Goodine House Grouselands Lee Farm Lind Houses Lower Waterford Congregational Church Caleb H. Marshall House Mathewson Block McIndoes Academy Methodist Episcopal Church Morency Paint Shop and Apartment Building Riverside Shearer and Corser Double House Josiah and Lydia Shedd Farmstead Stannard Schoolhouse Phineas Thurston House Toll House Union Meeting House Whitehill House Whittier House
Structures	Bradley Covered Bridge Burrington Covered Bridge Centre Covered Bridge Chamberlin Mill Covered Bridge Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge Old Schoolhouse Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Caledonia County, Vermont and List of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont

• Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
• Churches completed in 1888
• 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
• Methodist churches in Vermont
• Churches in Caledonia County, Vermont
• Buildings and structures in Stannard, Vermont
• National Register of Historic Places in Caledonia County, Vermont
• Methodist Episcopal churches in the United States