Plants, quilts crafts and more at the Athens Brick Meetinghouse

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ATHENS, Vt. — The Athens Brick Meetinghouse Committee in conjunction with the Athens Historic Preservation Society will be hosting a Quilt Show & Craft Fair at the 1817 Brick Meetinghouse in Athens, Vermont.

This event will be on Saturday, June 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We aim to fill the pews of the historic meetinghouse with many beautiful quilts. Guests will be able to cast a vote to select the Visitors Choice Quilt. In addition to the quilt show inside the meetinghouse, there will be a craft fair outside on the meetinghouse common where a variety of artists and craft vendors will be selling their wares. Lunch of hot dogs, hamburgers along with cold drinks and snacks will be available for purchase. All proceeds go to the preservation and upkeep of the brick meetinghouse.

The Athens Brick Meetinghouse is historically significant to the Windham County region, and particularly the twelve surrounding towns which comprised the “Old Athens Circuit” — Grafton, Rockingham, Townshend, Londonderry, Weston, Chester, Acton, Springfield, Landgrove, Windham, Putney and Mt. Holly. Circuit preachers from Athens, traveled out to these towns to perform religious services. Quarterly camp meetings with the Methodist congregants from these towns often lasted two days at the Athens Meetinghouse also known as the “Mother Church.”

Donations made to the Athens Historic Preservation Society are fully tax deductible and will support ongoing efforts to preserve this national historic landmark.

For more information contact Sherry Maher at 802-869-2141 or email at [email protected], or follow Athens Meetinghouse on Facebook.