East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse

The East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse (also known as "Mendon Lower Meeting" or "Smithfield Monthly Meeting") is a historic Quaker meetinghouse in Blackstone, Massachusetts. The small single-story wood-frame structure was built in 1812 on land donated to the Quakers by Samuel Smith, a local landowner. The building was used regularly throughout the 19th century for meetings, and sporadically since then.[2]

East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse
East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse
East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse is located in Massachusetts
East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse
East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse is located in the United States
East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse
Location197 Elm Street,
Blackstone, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°3′9″N 71°31′23″W / 42.05250°N 71.52306°W / 42.05250; -71.52306
Built1812
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No.95001035[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1995

The meeting house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

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