West Norwich Church, Norwich

Name: West Norwich Church
Address: Norwich, United States

#3 among attractions in Norwich

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The Beaver Meadow Union Chapel, now also known as the West Norwich Union Church, is a historic church on the north side of Beaver Meadow Road in Norwich, Vermont. Built in 1915, it is a well-preserved example of vernacular ecclesiastical architecture of the period. It is of national significance as the origin point of the Home Prayers program, essentially a mail-order ministry inspired by the catalogs of Sears, Roebuck. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. ()

Coordinates: 43°45'52"N, 72°22'26"W

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West Norwich Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hanover Country Club, Dartmouth Skiway, Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, Montshire Museum of Science.

5.8 miSE
Golf
Hanover Country Club, Hanover
148 min walk • Hanover Country Club was a college-owned, semi-private golf course open to the public. The college shut down the golf course in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and for controversial financial reasons.
3.4 miNW
Winter sport, Ski area
Dartmouth Skiway, Sharon
86 min walk • The Dartmouth Skiway is a ski area in the northeastern United States, in Lyme, New Hampshire. Located about twenty minutes northeast of Dartmouth College, it has thirty trails from easiest to most difficult on over one hundred acres of skiable area.
6.2 miSE
Sport complex, Sport venue, Sport
Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park, Hanover
159 min walk • Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park is a baseball venue in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It is home to the Dartmouth Big Green baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ivy League. The field has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
5.6 miSE
Children's museum, Nature and wildlife, Museum
Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich
143 min walk • The Montshire Museum of Science is a hands-on science museum located in Norwich, Vermont, United States.
5.6 miSE
Bridge
Ledyard Bridge, Norwich
143 min walk • The Ledyard Bridge crosses the Connecticut River to connect Hanover, New Hampshire to Norwich, Vermont. It is the third bridge at this crossing to bear the name of the adventurer John Ledyard.
6 miSE
Quad, Park
College Green, Hanover
153 min walk • The Green is a grass-covered field and common space at the center of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It was among the first parcels of land obtained by the College upon its founding in 1769, and is the only creation of the 18th century remaining at the center of the campus.
6 miSE
Universities and schools
Dartmouth College, Hanover
153 min walk • Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is the ninth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
6.1 miSE
Museum, Art gallery
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover
156 min walk • Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College is located at 4 East Wheelock Street in Hanover, New Hampshire. The center, which was designed by Wallace Harrison and foreshadows his later design of Manhattan's Lincoln Center, is the college's cultural hub.
6.1 miSE
Museum, Art museum, Postmodern architecture
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover
156 min walk • The Hood Museum of Art is owned and operated by Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States.
6 miSE
Observatories and planetariums
Shattuck Observatory, Hanover
154 min walk • Shattuck Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The observatory's most notable director was Edwin Brant Frost, who went on to be the director of the Yerkes Observatory.
5.9 miSE
Library
Baker-Berry Library, Hanover
151 min walk • The Baker-Berry Library is the main library at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The fresco, The Epic of American Civilization, was painted by José Clemente Orozco in the lower level of the library, and is a National Historic Landmark.