The Old First Church, Bennington, Vermont. This was the first church built in Vermont, in 1762 at a cost of $7,793.20. It is dedicated to the separaton of church and state, and is designated Vermont's Colonial Shrine. The adjoinging cemetery rests in part of the old homestead of Ethan Allen, and is the resting place of the American poet, Robert Frost. The cemetery is designated Vermont's Sacred Acre. August, 2007.