- Old Quaker Meeting House (Flushing, New York)
-
Old Quaker Meetinghouse
Location: Flushing, Queens in New York, NY Coordinates: 40°45′46.9″N 73°49′49.3″W / 40.763028°N 73.830361°WCoordinates: 40°45′46.9″N 73°49′49.3″W / 40.763028°N 73.830361°W Built: 1694 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 67000015[1] Significant dates Added to NRHP: December 24, 1967 Designated NHL: December 24, 1967 [2] The Old Quaker Meeting House is a historic Quaker house of worship located at 137-16 Northern Boulevard, in Flushing, Queens, New York. It is part of Flushing Monthly Meeting.
The site, built in 1694, is the oldest house of worship in New York City, one of the three oldest continuously active sites of religious activity in North America, and the second oldest Quaker meeting house in the nation. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967.[2][3]
Today, it still serves as a Quaker Meeting, with meetings for worship taking place every Sunday.
See also
- Oldest churches in the United States
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Old Quaker Meetinghouse". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-11. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=745&ResourceType=Building.
- ^ Patricia Heintzelman (October 11, 1975). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Old Quaker Meeting HousePDF (307 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying photos, 3 exterior and 1 interior, from 1975.PDF (1.27 MB)
External links
- Old Quaker Meeting House (official site)
New York City Historic Sites NRHP: Manhattan – Brooklyn – Queens – Staten Island – Bronx • NHL: New York State
NYC: Manhattan – Brooklyn – Queens – Staten Island – Bronx
Categories:- National Historic Landmarks in New York City
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
- Quaker meetinghouses in New York
- Places of worship in New York City
- Churches in Queens
- Religious buildings completed in 1694
- 20th-century Quaker meetinghouses
- Queens County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- New York City building and structure stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.