How big is the ornament?

3 inches (76 mm) across, faceted crystal glass with a red ribbon hanger, in a white or gold gift box.

What is the Three Churches ornament?

An original line drawing of three white steepled churches side by side on a town common, set in a three-inch faceted crystal round with a white back and a red ribbon hanger. Part of the Merlin Classics Heritage Series.

Why do New England towns have a common?

Colonial New England towns were planned around shared open ground used for militia drills, markets, grazing and the meeting house. Many commons and greens survive as the centers of their towns.

What style are the churches?

The drawing is based on a row built between 1812 and 1815: two Federal-style meeting houses with New England steeples and one of the earliest Gothic Revival churches in America.

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Three Churches · Three Doors, One Lawn · Heritage Holiday Ornament

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Three Churches. Three white steeples lined up across a wide lawn, bare trees between them, a clear winter sky. Nearly every American town older than the railroad has a common like it, and everyone else has seen the postcard.

Early New England towns were laid out around a common, the open ground where the militia drilled, the market set up, and the meeting house stood. Three historic churches side by side on one common is rare. The row this is drawn from went up in three years, 1812 to 1815: two Federal-style meeting houses and an unusually early Gothic Revival church, built by congregations that disagreed about a good deal and agreed on the value of a tall church spire. They have shared the same lawn, the same winters and the same overlapping Sunday bells ever since.

It is a picture of small-town civic life in New England: three doors, one lawn, everybody welcome on the grass. The church architecture changes from door to door; the common stays the same.

Our own line drawing, set in crystal so the three spires stay sharp under the lights. Three inches across, one lawn, three steeples.

For church historians and volunteers, pastors, town-history societies, and everyone whose hometown still has a common with a white church on it.

Faceted crystal, three inches across, with a white back so the line work reads from across the room once the tree is lit. Red ribbon. Boxed in gold or white, your call at checkout. Ships free anywhere in the U.S.

QUICK FACTS — THREE CHURCHES CRYSTAL ORNAMENT

Series: Heritage Holiday Ornament

Art: Three Churches (Three Doors, One Lawn), original Merlin Classics engraving printed to the glass

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

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Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.