Early Colonial
During the 18th and early 19th centuries in Vermont, churches, town halls, and meetings houses, which were often merged into one building, were erected in the popular early Colonial styles. These early structures generally featured a gable-roofed auditorium, often with a large columned entry pavilion, and a prominent square tower with either a spire or a cupola. Many of the intricate details seen on the town hall below are common to this time period, such as the corner quoins (the blocks that resemble stone at the corners), long, multi-panes windows, and dentils (the tooth shaped projections beneath the cornice).
Colonial Town Hall: Image courtesy of the University of Vermont Landscape Change Program and the Agency of Transportation Collection of the Vermont State Archives
