Friend's Home - Jemima Wilkinson House
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N 42° 39.364 W 077° 09.907
18T E 322540 N 4724895
Home of Jemima Wilkinson, the Friend
Waymark Code: WM7Q82
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2009
Views: 12
Built about 1790
Friend's Home
Here lived
Jemimah Wilkinson
Known as
the Universal Friend
This historic house is located in Jerusalem in Yates County, New York, on Friend Hill Road. It is a Federal style house and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its original resident, Jemima Wilkinson, was formerly a Rhode Island Quaker. Following a serious illness, she believed that she had died and that she was returned by God to preach a message of abstinence and friendship. She changed her name to "Publick Universal Friend" and began spreading her word. Eventually, she and her followers settled in the Finger Lakes area of New York.
Marker Name: Friend's Home
Marker Type: Roadside
Agency: State Education Department
Dedication Date: 1932
City/Town/Village Name: Penn Yan
County: Yates
Region: Finger Lakes (Region 3)
Website: [Web Link]
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