Whenever you come into Richmond, the thing you think of is the Round Church known for its great sledding hill, great concerts, and weddings. Once a year it is used for a church service for Richmond Congregational Church.Many tourists stop by to see the wondrous attraction. People love this church because of all the history and theories about why it was built in a 16 sided design.

The church was built in 1812. William Rhodes was a builder and it was five different Church groups got together to build the church. They also had town meetings there . Legends say that there were 16 builders so they each took a side and that's one theory about why it's round. Anther theory was that by making it round the devil could have no corners to hide in. In 1880 the people who were using it as a church moved out but it was still used for town meetings until 1973.

In 1973 people had to move out of the round church because it was not safe to hold town meetings there because the wood was rotting. The Richmond Historical Society was formed in 1973 mostly to help fix the church. After many days of hard work, the church reopened in 1981.

In 1998 it was turned into a National Historic Site, so that they could keep it safe and enjoyable for many other generations. Because it was a historical thing, they needed to make sure it would be safer and wouldn't burn down so they installed a fire system. Since the Historical Society wanted to continue to care for the church, they signed a 40 year lease in 2016.