East Berkshire in Montgomery in Franklin County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)

Union Church

Photographed By Dennis Gilkenson, June 30, 2022

1. Union Church Marker

Inscription.
The Episcopal Union Church was the first religious edifice built in Montgomery. John Henry Hopkins, the first Episcopal Bishop of Vermont, consecrated the new church in 1835. Originally designed as a traditional meeting house, extensive renovations in the 1870s added Gothic Revival features as well as the clock, bell, and stained-glass windows. Reconsecrated in 1897 as St. Bartholomew’s, the church remained active until 1927, when it was used solely for annual “Old Home Sundays.” Unused and in disrepair for most of the 1960s and early 1970s, the church was deconsecrated in 1974. That same year, the Episcopal Diocese sold the building to the newly formed Montgomery Historical Society, saving it from demolition. It was renamed Pratt Hall in 1977.

Erected 2021 by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Churches & Religion. A significant historical year for this entry is 1835.

Location. 44° 54.096′ N, 72° 38.424′ W. Marker is in Montgomery, Vermont, in Franklin County. It is in East Berkshire. Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (Vermont Route 118) and Deuso Road, on the left when traveling west on N Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2044 N Main Street, Montgomery VT 05470, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fuller Covered Bridge (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Comstock Covered Bridge (approx. ¼ mile away); Longley Covered Bridge (approx. 0.8 miles away); Opera House of Enosburg Falls (approx. 7.9 miles away); Patent Medicine in Enosburg Falls (approx. 8 miles away); Birthplace of Larry Gardner (approx. 8 miles away); George Washington Henderson (approx. 11 miles away); Peter Bent Brigham / Brigham Academy (approx. 11.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montgomery.

Regarding Union Church. Pratt Hall is the home of the Montgomery Historical Society.

Also see . . . Montgomery Historical Society. (Submitted on July 2, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed By Dennis Gilkenson, June 30, 2022

2. Union Church Marker

Union Church / Pratt Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Dennis Gilkenson, June 30, 2022

3. Union Church / Pratt Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 1, 2022, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. This page has been viewed 56 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 1, 2022, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.