The Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker church at Washington Street and Schoosett Street in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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| Location | Pembroke, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 42°6′17″N 70°48′18″W / 42.10472°N 70.80500°W |
| Built | 1706/1833 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000786 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 6, 2006 |
The meeting house was built in 1706 by Robert Barker with later 19th-century additions. It is one of the oldest Quaker meetinghouses in the United States. This meetinghouse was used by local Quakers from 1706 until 1876 when the meetinghouse was closed and its members transferred to meetings in either Sandwich or New Bedford. Today the Meetinghouse is owned by the Pembroke Historical Society and has seen occasional use by area Quakers.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
See also
edit- National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- New Bedford Meeting House
- Swansea Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery, a c. 1703 Quaker meeting house in Somerset, Massachusetts
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
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