- Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
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Friends MeetinghouseJamestown Friends Meeting House
Location: Jamestown, Rhode Island Coordinates: 41°30′52″N 71°22′31″W / 41.51444°N 71.37528°WCoordinates: 41°30′52″N 71°22′31″W / 41.51444°N 71.37528°W Built: 1786 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 73000276[1] Added to NRHP: March 7, 1973 The Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house in Jamestown, Rhode Island in the Windmill Hill Historic District.
The church was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British prior to the Battle of Rhode Island. The building was added to the National Historic Register in 1973 and is still used during the summer. Jamestown also contains the Old Friends Archeological Site nearby.
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Front view of Friends Meeting House with Jamestown Windmill in background
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.
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- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island
- Buildings and structures completed in 1786
- Rhode Island Registered Historic Place stubs
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