The Fall Creek Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Pendleton, Indiana, United States, on State Road 38 in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana.
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| Nearest city | State Road 38 southeast of Pendleton, approximately 1.5 miles southeast of its junction with U.S. Route 36, Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°59′35″N 85°42′23″W / 39.99306°N 85.70639°W |
| Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
| Built | 1857 |
| NRHP reference No. | 96001544[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 2, 1997 |
History
editIn 1834, Enos Adamson deeded 3 acres (12,000 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 a pioneer cemetery adjoins the meeting house.[2]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Laura Thayer (July 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fall Creek Meeting House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
External links
edit- Aerial View - https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191908/http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Fall_Creek_Meeting_House
- Cemeteries in Madison County Indiana - http://www.cemeteries-madison-co-in.com/friends_cemetery.htm