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Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island)
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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.
Religious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
meeting house
Friends meeting house
A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends , where meeting for worship may be held.-History:Quakers do not believe that meeting for worship should take place in any special place. They believe that "where two or three meet together in my name, I am there among...
in Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jamestown is a town located in Newport County, Rhode Island, in the United States. The population was 5,405 at the 2010 census. Jamestown is situated almost entirely on Conanicut Island, the second largest island in Narragansett Bay.-History:...
in the Windmill Hill Historic District
Windmill Hill Historic District
Windmill Hill Historic District is a historic district at Eldred Avenue and North Main Road in Jamestown, Rhode Island.The area contains several Colonial American buildings including the Old Jamestown Windmill which operated from 1787 until 1896 on Windmill Hill. There is also an active Quaker...
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The church was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British prior to the Battle of Rhode Island
Battle of Rhode Island
The Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill and the Siege of Newport, took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and militia forces under the command of General John Sullivan were withdrawing to the northern part of Aquidneck Island after abandoning their siege of...
. 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
Old Friends Archeological Site
Old Friends Archeological Site is a Quaker historical site in Jamestown, Rhode Island.Jamestown was home to a sizable Friends community in the eighteenth century and this archaeological site relates to that community. The site was added in 1995 to the National Register of Historic Places....
nearby.
External links
- Listing and photographs of the Burial Ground at the Historic American Buildings SurveyHistoric American Buildings SurveyThe Historic American Buildings Survey , Historic American Engineering Record , and Historic American Landscapes Survey are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consists of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written...