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The church modeled is based on the white church in Grafton, Vermont. Located in southeastern Vermont, Grafton is well known for world renowned cheddar cheese.
Grafton’s Baptist citizens built the white church in 1858, on the opposite side of the street from the brick church of the Congregationalists built in 1833. By the 1870’s, the Baptist Women’s Aid Society was providing support to preachers and sponsoring repairs to the church and parsonage. In those early years in Grafton the Baptist and the Congregationalists each attended their own church, but by 1920 neither of the two factions were large enough or rich enough to continue on their own. As a solution, they formed the Federated Church of Grafton. By doing this, the two churches could operate with one minister who would hold services for six months of the year in each church. Today, the white church is used in the winter and the brick church, which does not have central heating, is used in the summer. The white church is also the scene of many picturesque weddings. The sound qualities of the structure are excellent and many concerts are held in the church period.
With the help of Gary and Kevin Orcutt of Cincinnati, Ohio, this piece of history has come to model form. The model of this church consists of laser cut plywood, basswood, and also has a cast Hydrocal plaster stone foundation with cast resin stairs custom made just for this kit by Jeff Adam of Motrak Models. Assembly is easy thanks to tab and slot construction and detailed easy to follow instructions chocked full of exploded isometric drawings. Also included is diamond shaped peel-n-stick slate roofing. Assembly time for this kit is about 8 to 10 hours.
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