Amesbury Friends Meeting House
- Amesbury Friends Meeting House
Infobox nrhp
name = Amesbury Friends Meeting House
nrhp_type =
caption = "Friends' Meeting House" in 1911
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 51
lat_seconds = 18
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 70
long_minutes = 56
long_seconds = 19
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
location = 120 Friend St
Amesbury, Massachusetts
nearest_city =
area =
built = 1850
architect = Thomas W. Thorndike
architecture = Greek Revival
designated =
added = April 18, 2002
established =
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum =02000376[cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] ]
mpsub =
governing_body = The Amesbury Friends Meetinghouse is a Quaker meetinghouse in Amesbury, Massachusetts. The building was constructed in 1850, with poet John Greenleaf Whittier serving on the building committee. From 1851 to 1962, the meetinghouse hosted the Salem Quarterly meeting. The Amesbury Monthly Meeting of Friends is a current thriving congregation, with Meeting for Worship every Sunday at 10 AM. The facing bench displays a small plaque that reads, "Whittier's Bench."
Geography
The meetinghouse is located at 120 Friend Street. Behind the meetinghouse is a town park with a pond and a playground.
Current events
In 2002, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The meetinghouse still hosts an active Quaker congregation, the Amesbury Friends Meeting.
References
External links
* [http://www.amesburyquaker.org/meetinghouse.html Amesbury Friends Meeting website]
* [http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MA/Essex/state.html National Register of Historic Places]
* [http://www.fgcquaker.org/connect/fall99/8.html Friends General Conference article on the meeting and meetinghouse]
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