Harmony Chapel and Cemetery - Harmony RI - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

The wood-frame chapel adjacent to the cemetery sits on US Route 44 west of Edgewood Drive. Built as a schoolhouse in c.1830, it is one of the few Federal-style schoolhouses to survive in the state, and is probably the best-preserved of that period. It was later (by 1870) converted for use as a meeting house (free chapel) for villagers. Residents would occasionally hire ministers to speak and hold various Christian religious ceremonies.
The cemetery behind the chapel was used as a private cemetery by the Steere, Smith and other local families until opened for public use in 1878.
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Original or Re-creation?: Original Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1830 Year the school closed.: 01/01/1870 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: Putnam Pike Harmony, RI Web Address (if available): [Web Link] Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no

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