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  1. African Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name African Meeting House nrhp type nhl image African Meeting House.jpg caption location ... 1069&ResourceType Building title African Meeting House accessdate 2008 02 01 work National Historic ... NRISref 2007a ref governing body Private refnum 71000087 The African Meeting House , also known as First African Baptist Church or Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black ... formed the First African Baptist Church on August 8, 1805. In the same year, land was purchased for a building. The African Meeting House, as it came to be commonly called, was completed the next ... benevolently disposed to the Africans, while the black members sat in the balcony of their new meeting house. The African Meeting House was constructed almost entirely with black labor. Funds for the project ... and Lucy Lew ref The fa ade of the African Meeting House is an adaptation of a design for a townhouse ... Places Inventory Nomination African Meeting House African Meeting House, First African Baptist ..., from 1972 180  KB ref The African Meeting House houses the Museum of African American History ... Welcome Bot generated title ref The African Meeting House is open to the public. This site is part ... before the African Society, at their meeting house, in Boston, Mass. on the abolition of the slave ... Meeting House Boston http www.afroammuseum.org afmbeaconhill.htm African Meeting House http www.afroammuseum.org ... for raising more than 1,500 toward the total 7,700 to complete the meeting house. A commemorative ..., the meeting house became a place for celebrations and political and anti slavery meetings ... Massachusetts Regiment 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiment 55th Massachusetts regiments . The African Meeting House was remodeled by the congregation in the 1850s. Ministers Thomas Paul, ca.1805 ..., Boston, Massachusetts Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston , Massachusetts , adjacent to the African ... left thumb 100px Portrait of Thomas Paul Thomas Paul , an African American preacher from New ...   more details



  1. Meeting house

    Image Meeting house marlboro vermont 20040911.jpg thumb right 300px A secular meeting house in the U.S. state of Vermont is primarily used for a town meeting . A meeting house describes a building where a public meeting takes place. This includes Secularity secular buildings which function like a town or city hall , and buildings used for religious meetings, particularly of some non conformist Christian denominations . Secular meeting houses details Colonial meeting house In New England towns in the United States, there are meeting houses which serve as a sort of town or city hall, and are used for public meetings, voting, and town offices. A meeting house may have a dual purpose as a place of worship and public discourse, as in early American Puritan congregations. Religious meeting houses File PewsOldShip.jpeg thumb right 200px Sheep pen pews, Old Ship Church Old Ship Meeting house , Hingham, Massachusetts , ca. 1880 Many non conformist Christian denominations distinguish between a Church , which is used to refer to a body of people who believe in Christ Meeting house or chapel , which refers to the building where the church meets Christian denominations which use the term meeting house to refer to the building in which they hold their worship include Congregationalist polity Congregational churches with their congregation based system of church governance. They also use the term mouth house s to emphasize their use as a place for discourse and discussion. Religious Society of Friends Quakers , see Friends meeting house s Mennonite Church Amish Church The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints LDS Church, also known as Mormons uses the term meetinghouse for the building where congregations meet for Worship services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints weekly worship services , ref cite web url http www.lds.org ldsorg v index.jsp?vgnextoid 7cecc8fe9c88d010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD ... dedicated to be a House of Lord Religion The Lord and is reserved for special forms of worship. Some ...   more details



  1. The Meeting House

    overall leadership to the The Meeting House. Each Site is led by a Lead Pastor with a team of Elders and part time staff. Teachings The Meeting House teaching aligns with anabaptist teachings. They emphasize a lifestyle of compassion, peace and the priority of community. The Meeting House has a particular .... References Reflist External links http www.themeetinghouse.ca Official The Meeting House ... coord missing Ontario DEFAULTSORT Meeting House, The Category Churches in Ontario Category Anabaptism ...   more details



  1. Meeting House of the Friends Meeting of Washington

    Infobox nrhp name Meeting House of the Friends Meeting of Washington nrhp type image Friends Meeting of Washington DC.JPG caption location 2111 Florida Ave., NW., Washington, District of Columbia lat degrees 38 lat minutes 54 lat seconds 46 lat direction N long degrees 77 long minutes 2 long seconds 52 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin District of Columbia architect Chatelain,Leon,Jr. Price & Walton architecture Colonial Revival added September 06, 1990 area less than one acre governing body Private refnum 90001294 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Meeting House of the Friends Meeting of Washington Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at 2111 Florida Avenue in NW Washington, DC . It was added to the National Register in 1990. References reflist National Register of Historic Places Category Churches in Washington, D.C. Category National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Category Colonial Revival architecture WashingtonDC NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Abyssinian Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name Abyssinian Meeting House nrhp type image AbyssinianMeetingHouse.JPG caption location 73 75 Newbury St., Portland, Maine coordinates coord 43 39 44 N 70 14 58 W region US ME type landmark display inline,title Google Maps suggests N 43 39 42 W 70 14 56 is a better position. locmapin Maine area built 1828 architect Unknown architecture added February 3, 2006 governing body Committee to Restore the Abyssinian refnum 05001612 The Abyssinian Meeting House is an historic house built by Free negro free African Americans in Portland, Maine at 73 75 Newbury Street in the Munjoy Hill and downtown neighborhoods. ref http www.nr.nps.gov iwisapi explorer.dll?IWS SCHEMA NRIS1&IWS LOGIN 1&IWS REPORT 100000039 National Historic Registry NRIS dead link ref Established in 1828, the Meeting House was the cultural center for African Americans in southern Maine from its inception until foreclosure in 1917. The house was redeveloped into tenement apartments in 1924 before being seized by the City of Portland in 1991. ref http portlanddailysun.me node 19091 18808 Abyssinian Meeting House focus of regional mapping Portland Daily Sun, February 18, 2010 ref After sitting vacant for 6  years, the Meeting House was bought for historic preservation by the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian . When established, it was the third African American Meeting House in the United States after Boston, Massachusetts Boston and Nantucket, Massachusetts . ref http www.abyme.org images Abyssinian.pdf Official Web Site PDF ref ref http www.mainepreservation.org Endangered 02.shtml 2002 Maine s Most ... on the Meeting House. ref http www.wcsh6.com news article.aspx?storyid 85712 Volunteers, Archaeologists Dig At Old Abyssinian Meeting House WCSH6.com, April 26, 2008 Dead link date February 2009 ref ... meeting Portland Daily Sun , February 18, 2011 Registered Historic Places Category 1828 architecture Category African American history of Maine Category Buildings and structures in Portland, Maine ...   more details



  1. Great Friends Meeting House

    to the Newport Historical Society. gallery Image Newport Friends.JPG Interior of the meeting house ... External links http www.newporthistorical.org sites gfmh.htm Newport Historical Society meeting house website http www.rootsweb.ancestry.com rinewpor quaker.html Mrs. William P. Buffum, The Story of the Old Friends Meeting House, Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society, Number 40, April, 1922 ... Quaker meeting houses in Rhode Island Category Properties of religious function on the National ...   more details



  1. Friends meeting house

    Friends Meeting House near Philadelphia, built 1769 A Friends meeting house is a meeting house ... Arch St Meeting interior.JPG thumb Interior of the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia Quakers ... not as meeting house s . This practice is shared by a number of other non conformist Christian ..., but most were purpose built. Briggflatts Meeting House is an example of the latter. The hallmark of a meeting house is extreme simplicity and the absence of any liturgical symbols. More specifically ... house Meeting Houses built in a traditional style usually had two meeting rooms one for the main meeting ... of the world s people outside, or in some cases they provide a view into the meeting house garden ... Door.JPG thumb The Quaker Meeting House in Cong nies United Kingdom Briggflatts Meeting House , Cumbria Jordans Meeting House Jordans Friends Meeting House , Buckinghamshire Leicester Friends Meeting House Osmotherley Friends Meeting House , North Yorkshire France The historic meeting house of Cong nies since 1788 United States Div col Abington Friends Meeting House Amesbury Friends Meeting House Arch Street Friends Meeting House , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Benjaminville Friends Meeting House Cornwall Friends Meeting House Frankford Friends Meeting House , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ... Friends Meeting House and Cemetery , Little Compton, Rhode Island Great Friends Meeting House Oblong Friends Meeting House Nine Partners Meeting House and Cemetery , Millbrook, New York Millbrook , New ..., New York Highland Mills , NY Smithfield Friends Meeting House, Parsonage & Cemetery South River Friends Meetinghouse , Lynchburg, Virginia Third Haven Meeting House Upper Dublin Friends Meeting House Yardley Friends Meeting House, Yardley, Pennsylvania Div col end External links Commonscat Quaker ... Houses, arranged by County http randolphmeetinghouse.org Randolph Friends Meeting House http www.quaker.org.uk ... Meeting House Category Quakerism Category Religious buildings Category Types of church buildings ...   more details



  1. Charles Street Meeting House

    Infobox Historic building image Image Charles Street Meeting House Beacon Hill Boston Massachusetts.jpg thumb right 300px Charles Street Meeting House caption Charles Street Meeting House name The Former Charles Street Meeting House Boston, Massachusetts location town Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts Beacon Hill , Boston, Massachusetts location country United States of America architect Asher Benjamin client The Third Baptist Church engineer ? construction start date 1804 completion date 1807 cost ? structural system Rendered masonry style Georgian Colonial The Charles Street Meeting House , is an early nineteenth century historic church in Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts Beacon Hill at 70 Charles Street Boston Charles Street , Boston, Massachusetts . The church has been used over its history by several Christian denominations and is a good example of reuse and adaptive reuse , having ... Street Meeting House Society. It was briefly an Albanian Orthodox church before the Society granted ... , p.64 65. ref The Meeting House is part of the Boston Black Heritage Trail and located in the Beacon ... that the developer incorporate some existing ornamental features. See also Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church , congregation formerly housed in the Charles St. Meeting House 1876 1939 References reflist Maryell Cleary , ed. A Bold Experiment The Charles Street Universalist Meeting House Chicago Meadville Lombard Theological School Press, 2002 . ISBN 0 9702479 3 1 External links commonscat inline Charles Street Meeting House Boston http www.iboston.org mcp.php?pid charlesStreetMtgHouse Charles Street Meeting House 1804 coord 42.3579 71.0706 display title Category Asher Benjamin ... View of Third Baptist Church at water s edge, 1850 First African Methodist Episcopal Church The Baptist congregation sold the structure to the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church First African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1876. Pastors included William H. Hunter and J.T. Juniper. ref ...   more details



  1. Caln Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name Caln Meeting House nrhp type image CalnMeetingHouse.jpeg caption location 901 Caln Meeting House Rd., Caln Township, Coatesville, Pennsylvania lat degrees 40 lat minutes 0 lat seconds 26 lat direction N long degrees 75 long minutes 45 long seconds 55 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Pennsylvania built 1726 architecture added May 03, 1984 area convert 4 acre governing body Private refnum 84003182 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Caln Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at 901 Caln Meeting House Road, Caln Township in Coatesville, Pennsylvania . It was built in 1726 and added to the National Register in 1984. Services are still held weekly at the meeting house. References reflist External links http www.oldcalnmeetinghouse.org Official Meeting House Website National Register of Historic Places Category Quaker meeting houses in Pennsylvania Category Buildings of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Category 1726 architecture Category Churches in Chester County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Frankford Friends Meeting House

    Orphan date February 2010 Infobox church name Frankford Friends Meeting House image FrankfordFriends.jpg caption Frankford Friends Meeting House from the Historic American Buildings Survey location Unity ... Yearly Meeting Frankford Preparative Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker Friends meeting house meeting house in the Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia ... surviving meeting house in Philadelphia. Located at the corner of Unity and Waln Streets, it is now ... meeting nearby on Orthodox Street . It is affiliated with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting . The historic building The original portion of the Frankford Preparative Friends Meeting House was built in 1775 76, making it the oldest Friends meeting house in Philadelphia. Although meeting houses were ... century. Frankford Meeting House was originally erected as a single cell, three bay by two bay structure. In 1811 12, a smaller two bay wide section was added to accommodate the growing meeting ... to the development of the two cell structure that became a standard for Friends meeting house design for nearly a century. Frankford s 1811 12 addition made the meeting house conform to the newer program by creating same sized rooms, reflecting a critical point in the evolution of meeting house ... space for women s meetings. Frankford Meeting House is also of interest for its unusual mix of building ... and stone was probably a function of economy. Materials from the previous meeting house were reused ... ref The Friends meeting The Quaker meeting here was known from its establishment by the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in 1683 as Tacony after a nearby Frankford Creek creek , then as Oxford after ... century, American Friends began meeting on separate sides of a partition for worship and business ... http trilogy.brynmawr.edu speccoll mm frankpm.xml Brief history of the meeting at Bryn Mawr College ..., Pennsylvania Category Landmarks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category Quaker meeting houses in Pennsylvania ...   more details



  1. Osmotherley Friends Meeting House

    Image OsmotherleyMeetingHouse.jpg right thumb Osmotherley Meeting House Osmotherley Friends Meeting House is a Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends Religious Society of Friends Quakers , situated in the village of Osmotherley, North Yorkshire Osmotherley in North Yorkshire , England . ref GENUKI UK and Ireland Genealogy , http www.genuki.org.uk big eng YKS NRY Osmotherley index.html The Ancient Parish of OSMOTHERLEY ref It is a Grade II listed building . The meeting house is a traditional stone building, built in around 1723, it is owned and maintained by Teesdale & Cleveland Area Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Quakers . It is still used regularly as a place of worship. Meeting for worship is held on the third Sunday of each month at 1500 hours GMT and all are welcome. The Meeting House and a separate dormitory block are available for letting to organised groups and families, both Quaker and non Quaker, and can sleep up to 25. References reflist External links http archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk 2002 8 31 122576.html Northern Echo article IoE 332500 Osmotherley Friends Meeting House coord 54.369 1.301 display title type landmark region GB NYK please check Category Buildings and structures in North Yorkshire Category Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire Category Quaker meetings Category Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century UK church stub ...   more details



  1. Rocky Hill Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name Rocky Hill Meetinghouse and Parsonage nrhp type image Rocky Hill Meeting House Amesbury, Massachusetts.JPG caption Rocky Hill Meeting House, Amesbury, Massachusetts . lat degrees lat minutes lat seconds lat direction long degrees long minutes long seconds long direction location Portsmouth Rd. and Elm St. br Amesbury, Massachusetts nearest city area built architect architecture designated added April 11, 1972 established visitation num visitation year refnum 72000115 mpsub governing body The Rocky Hill Meeting House circa 1785 is a well preserved New England meeting house located at 4 Portsmouth Road, Amesbury, Massachusetts . It is the best preserved example of an original 18th century meeting house interior in New England, and now a nonprofit museum owned by Historic New England and open to the public several afternoons a year. The meeting house was built to serve west parish of Salisbury in approximately 1785, replacing a c. 1715 meeting house. George Washington greeted local townspeople in this meeting house on his northward journey in 1789. By the 1840s, regular religious services had come to an end. Historic New England acquired the meeting house in 1941. Its interior has remained virtually unchanged since it was constructed, with the original high pulpit, pentagonal sounding board, deacon s desk, marbleized columns, box pews complete with graffiti and foot warmers , unfinished stairs to the gallery, and sloping gallery on three sides. The pews have never been painted, the marbleized pulpit and pillars supporting the galleries still feature their original paint, and the building still contains its original hardware. External links http www.historicnewengland.org historic properties homes rocky hill meeting house Historic New England Rocky Hill Meeting House Registered Historic Places coord missing Massachusetts Category 1785 architecture Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category ...   more details



  1. Fall Creek Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name Fall Creek Meeting House nrhp type location Pendleton, Indiana area architect architecture added 1997 governing body Private refnum 96001544 ref name nris NRISref 1997 01 02 ref The Fall Creek Meeting House is located approximately convert 3 mi km east of Pendleton, Indiana , United States, on State Road 38. History In 1834, Enos Adamson deeded convert 3 acre m2 east of Pendleton to the Society of Friends . Adamson was paid 15 for the land. In 1836 the congregation built a log house for worship on the ground. In 1857, a frame meeting house was constructed at a cost of 800. The meeting house is representative of the rural meeting houses of the period. The building is still maintained and is now on the National Register of Historic Places . A pioneer cemetery adjoins the meeting house. References Reflist External links Aerial View http www.archiplanet.org wiki Fall Creek Meeting House Link to National Register of Historic Places for Madison County http www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com IN Madison state.html Cemeteries in Madison County Indiana http www.cemetaries madison co in.com friends cemetary.htm Category Pendleton, Indiana Category National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Indiana ...   more details



  1. Oblong Friends Meeting House

    Infobox NRHP name Oblong Friends Meetinghouse nrhp type image Oblong Friends Meeting House Pawling March 2007.jpg caption Meeting House in March 2007 location Meetinghouse Rd. on Quaker Hill, Pawling town , New York Pawling , New York NY nearest city Danbury, Connecticut Danbury, CT lat degrees 41 lat minutes 34 lat seconds 46 lat direction N long degrees 73 long minutes 32 long seconds 32 long direction W area built 1763 architect unknown added January 12, 1973 governing body The Historical Society ... multiples 64000550.pdf Dutchess County Quaker Meeting Houses TR The Oblong Friends Meeting House is a late 18th century Friends Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends in the hamlet ... to establish a meeting and build a meeting house in 1740. The first meeting house was constructed ..., the Yearly Meeting decided to erect a framed house of timber, the dimensions to be convert 45 ft m long, convert 40 ft m wide and convert 15 ft m stud to admit of galleries. This new house ... in the meeting house whether it was consistent with the Christian spirit to hold a person ... the fall of 1778 and the winter of 1779. The meeting house was commandeered by General Washington s officers to be used as a military hospital. In 1828, the New York Meeting of the Society of Friends split into the Orthodox and Hicksite Societies of Friends. From then on, the Hicksites used the Meeting House, whereas the Orthodox Society, which had less members, built their own meeting house in 1831 ... residence. File Oblong Friends Meeting House interior.jpg left 200px thumb Interior Membership in the area ... has preserved the building since then. Location The Meeting House is located on the north side of Meeting House Road, about 100  meters from where it branches off from Quaker Hill Road, in the Hamlet ... oblong.html online article by the Purchase Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends http www.pawlinghistory.org auto tour oblong meeting house.htm online article by the Historical Society ...   more details



  1. Loughwood Meeting House

    coord 50.788300 3.061000 display title Infobox religious building building name Loughwood Meeting House image Loughwood Meeting House geograph.org.uk 436406.jpg alt A large thatched building surrounded by gravestones, set into a hillside which slopes down towards green fields caption Loughwood Meeting House map type Devon map caption Location within Devon and the United Kingdom location Dalwood , Devon latitude 50.788300 longitude 3.061000 religious affiliation Baptist status functional status architecture type Chapel architecture style groundbreaking 1653 completed specifications Loughwood Meeting House , located at Dalwood , near Axminster , Devon , England , is a 17th  century Baptist meeting house. Today it is a property of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust . This simple building was built into a hillside by the Baptist congregation of nearby Kilmington, Devon Kilmington in 1653, when they faced prosecution for openly worshipping. The interior dates from the early 18th  century. External links http www.nationaltrust.org.uk main w vh w visits w findaplace w loughwoodmeetinghouse Loughwood Meeting House information at the National Trust Category National Trust properties in Devon Category Houses in Devon Category Churches in Devon Category Baptist churches in England Devon geo stub ...   more details



  1. Starksboro Village Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name Starksboro Village Meeting House nrhp type image Starksboro Village Meeting House Feb 11.jpg caption Starksboro Village Meeting House, February 2011 location VT 116, Starksboro Village, Vermont lat degrees 44 lat minutes 13 lat seconds 32 lat direction N long degrees 73 long minutes 3 long seconds 28 long direction W coord display inline,title coord parameters region US type landmark locmapin Vermont built 1838 architecture Gothic Revival added November 07, 1985 area convert 0.3 acre governing body Private refnum 85002768 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Starksboro Village Meeting House is a historic meeting house on VT 116 in Starksboro Village, Vermont . It was built in 1838 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. References reflist External links http www.starksboromeetinghouse.org Starksboro Village Meeting House website National Register of Historic Places Category National Register of Historic Places in Vermont Category Gothic Revival architecture in Vermont Category 1838 architecture Category Starksboro, Vermont Category Churches in Addison County, Vermont Vermont NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Meeting House Green

    Meeting House Green may refer to Meetinghouse Green Historic District , Ipswich, Massachusetts The green in Haddam Center Historic District in Connecticut Some other specific village green disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Amesbury Friends Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name Amesbury Friends Meeting House nrhp type image Friends Meeting House, Amesbury, MA.jpg caption Friends Meeting House in 1911 lat degrees 42 lat minutes 51 lat seconds 18 lat direction N long degrees 70 long minutes 56 long seconds 19 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts location 120 Friend St br Amesbury, Massachusetts nearest city area built 1850 architect Thomas W. Thorndike architecture Greek Revival designated added April 18, 2002 established visitation num visitation year refnum 02000376 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref mpsub governing body The Amesbury Friends Meetinghouse is a Friends Meeting House in Amesbury, Massachusetts Amesbury , Massachusetts . The building was constructed in 1850, with poet John Greenleaf Whittier serving on the building committee. From 1851 to 1962, the meetinghouse hosted the Salem, Massachusetts Salem Quarterly meeting. The Amesbury Monthly Meeting of Friends is a current thriving congregation, with Meeting for Worship every Sunday at 10 AM. The facing bench displays a small plaque that reads, Whittier s Bench. Geography The meetinghouse is located at 120 Friend Street. Behind the meetinghouse is a town park with a pond and a playground. Current events In 2002, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places . The meetinghouse still hosts an active Quaker congregation, the Amesbury Friends Meeting. References Reflist External links http www.amesburyquaker.org meetinghouse.html Amesbury Friends Meeting website http nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com MA Essex state.html National Register of Historic Places http www.fgcquaker.org connect fall99 8.html Friends General Conference article on the meeting and meetinghouse Registered Historic Places Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category 1850 architecture Category Quaker meeting houses in Massachusetts Category Buildings and structures in Salem, Massachusetts Category Churches in Essex County ...   more details



  1. File:The-Meeting-House-Waterloo.JPG

    Summary The Meeting House is the one major addition to Waterloo from the modern era. Adjacent to the church out of view on the right and the concert tent area left , the Meeting House has hosted numerous wedding receptions and other functions since it was built during the early 1980s. Photo by Chuck Walsh, March 1992 Licensing PD self date January 2007 Category Images of New Jersey ...   more details



  1. Dana Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name Dana Meeting House nrhp type image Dana Hill Meeting House.jpg caption location Dana Hill Rd., New Hampton, New Hampshire lat degrees 43 lat minutes 38 lat seconds 34 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 38 long seconds 0 long direction W coord display inline,title coord parameters region US type landmark locmapin New Hampshire built 1800 architecture added December 13, 1984 area convert 0.4 acre governing body Private refnum 84000516 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Dana Meeting House also known as First Free Will Baptist Meeting House and Dr. Dana Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Dana Hill Road in New Hampton, New Hampshire . The meeting house was built in 1800 by a Free Will Baptist congregation after the majority of the townspeople voted that the town s tax subsidized New Hampton Town House would be used by the Congregationalists. The Baptist congregation originally met in homes until its meeting house was completed, and the early congregation was opposed to a paid ministry. Originally, services were conducted in rotation by three men Simeon Dana, a physician, Josiah Magoon, a Revolutionary War veteran, and Thomas Perkins, a legislator. The best known was Dr. Dana who regularly conducted Sunday worship services from 1803 to 1853 and became the namesake of the church. Notable early preachers included Benjamin Randall and John Colby . Church ... were discontinued. Various summer services were held in the meeting house after the 1860s. Rev. Adoniram Judson Gordon , a a prominent minister who was a native of New Hampton, often preached at the meeting house during the summers. Gordon went on to found Gordon College . The meeting house was added ... 347 http books.google.com books?id rAVAAAAYAAJ&source gbs navlinks s ref gallery File Dana Meeting House in New Hampton NH.jpg Dana Meeting House File Dana Meeting House interior in New Hampton NH.jpg Dana Meeting House File A.J. Gordon.jpg Rev. Adoniram Judson Gordon gallery References reflist National ...   more details



  1. Bay Meeting House and Vestry

    Infobox nrhp name Bay Meeting House and Vestry nrhp type image Bay Meeting House, Sanbornton, NH.jpg caption location Upper Bay and Steele Rds., Sanbornton, New Hampshire lat degrees 43 lat minutes 32 lat seconds 17 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 32 long seconds 12 long direction W coord display inline,title coord parameters region US type landmark locmapin New Hampshire built 1836 architecture Federal, Gothic Revival added June 07, 1984 area convert 0.6 acre governing body Private refnum 84002508 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Bay Meeting House and Vestry is a historic meeting house on Upper Bay and Steele Roads in Sanbornton, New Hampshire . It was built in 1836 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. References reflist National Register of Historic Places DEFAULTSORT Bay Meeting House And Vestry Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire Category Federal architecture in New Hampshire Category Gothic Revival architecture in New Hampshire Category 1836 architecture Category Churches in Belknap County, New Hampshire NewHampshire NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. South Sutton Meeting House

    Infobox nrhp name South Sutton Meeting House nrhp type image caption location 17 Meeting House Hill Rd., South Sutton, New Hampshire lat degrees 43 lat minutes 19 lat seconds 14 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 56 long seconds 7 long direction W coord display inline,title coord parameters region US type landmark locmapin New Hampshire built 1839 architecture Greek Revival added May 27, 1993 area convert 1 acre governing body Private refnum 93000462 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref South Sutton Meeting House is a historic meeting house at 17 Meeting House Hill Road in South Sutton, New Hampshire . It was built in 1839 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. References reflist National Register of Historic Places Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire Category 1839 architecture Category Churches in Merrimack County, New Hampshire NewHampshire NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Apponegansett Meeting House

    orphan date March 2010 Infobox nrhp name Apponegansett Meeting House nrhp type image Apponagansett MH.jpg caption location Dartmouth, Massachusetts lat degrees 41 lat minutes 35 lat seconds 2 lat direction N long degrees 70 long minutes 59 long seconds 43 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1791 architect Unknown architecture Georgian added March 14, 1991 governing body Private refnum 91000241 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Apponegansett Meeting House or Apponagansett Meeting House is a historic Quaker Friends meeting house on Russells Mills Road east of Fresh River Valley Road in Dartmouth, Massachusetts . The meeting house was built in 1791. The meeting house grounds contain a cemetery. ref Souvenir of the bi centennial of the Dartmouth Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends Massachusetts Published by Franklin Howland, 1899 http books.google.com books?id 4uEtAAAAYAAJ&source gbs navlinks s ref The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. References Reflist Registered Historic Places Category 1791 architecture Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Quaker meeting houses in Massachusetts Category Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Churches in Bristol County, Massachusetts Category Cemeteries in Bristol County, Massachusetts BristolMA NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Friends Meeting House and Cemetery

    Infobox nrhp name Friends Meeting House and Cemetery nrhp type image Friends Meeting House and Cemetery in Little Compton RI.jpg caption location 234 W. Main Rd., Little Compton, Rhode Island lat degrees 41 lat minutes 31 lat seconds 33 lat direction N long degrees 71 long minutes 11 long seconds 38 long direction W coord display inline,title coord parameters region US type landmark locmapin Rhode Island built 1815 architect architecture added March 06, 2007 area less than one acre governing body Private refnum 07000124 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Friends Meeting House and Cemetery is a historic Quaker meeting house and cemetery at 234 W. Main Road in Little Compton, Rhode Island . It is operated by the Little Compton Historical Society. The meeting house was built in 1815 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. References reflist External links http www.littlecompton.org Little Compton Historical Society See also Wilbor House National Register of Historic Places DEFAULTSORT Friends Meeting House And Cemetery Category Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Category 1815 architecture Category Buildings and structures in Newport County, Rhode Island Category Quaker meeting houses in Rhode Island Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island RhodeIsland NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. Cane Ridge Meeting House

    File Historic Cane Ridge Meeting House Interior.JPG thumb right The original Cane Ridge Meeting House within the Stone Memorial Building Cane Ridge Meeting House is a historic church building on Cane Ridge in Paris, Kentucky . It is one of the oldest church buildings in Kentucky and the largest one room log structure. The church was the site of a large frontier Christian revival in 1801 hosted by the local Presbyterian congregation that met in the building. Nearly 10,000 people attending. According to the museum i n 1804, a small group of Presbyterian ministers from Kentucky and Ohio... penned and signed a document, The Last Will and Testament of the Springfield Presbytery , at Cane Ridge that resulted in the birth of a movement seeking unity among Christians along non sectarian lines. They would call themselves simply Christians . The Christian Church Disciples of Christ , the Churches of Christ non instrumental , and the Christian Churches independent of the Stone Campbell movement trace their origins here. This movement is often noted as the first one indigenous to American soil. ref http www.caneridge.org viewed Sept. 28, 2010 ref In the 1930s a stone building was constructed around the original log structure. The church is still used for worship. Images gallery File Cane Ridge Meeting House Interior.JPG Interior of the original meeting house at Cane Ridge, Kentucky File Cane Ridge Meeting House Memorial Building.JPG The Memorial building built over the original Cane Ridge Meeting House File Barton Stone Grave 46.JPG Grave of Barton Stone gallery References reflist External links http www.caneridge.org The official website of Cane Ridge Category Presbyterian churches in Kentucky Category 1791 architecture Category Charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity Category Restoration Movement Category Religious museums in Kentucky Category Museums in Bourbon County, Kentucky Category History museums in Kentucky ...   more details




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