Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island)

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The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island.[2]

Friends Meetinghouse
Conanicut Friends Meeting House
Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island) is located in Rhode Island
Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island) is located in the United States
Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
LocationJamestown, Rhode Island
Coordinates41°30′52″N 71°22′31″W / 41.51444°N 71.37528°W / 41.51444; -71.37528
Built1786
Part ofWindmill Hill Historic District (ID73000276)
NRHP reference No.73000276[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1973
Designated CPOctober 2, 1978

The structure was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British after they occupied Conanicut Island in 1776. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and is included in the Windmill Hill Historic District. It is still used for religious services during the summer. It contains the Old Friends' Burial Ground.

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Harold Wickliffe Rose. The Colonial Houses of Worship in America. New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1963, p. 419. “273 Conanicut Friends Meeting House (1786) Conanicut Island, Jamestown County, Rhode Island”
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