Friends Meeting House - Adams, MA - Massachusetts Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

A bronze plaque placed in front of the meeting house provide additional information about the meeting house and the Quaker community. It is inscribed:

FRIENDS                MEETING HOUSE Built in 1782 by Quakers who had settled Adams (then East Hoosuc) from Smithfield, R. I. and Dartmouth, Mass. in 1769. Coming together from the farms in this valley, the Friends worshipped here for sixty years before the meeting was laid down upon their removal to Western New York. The famous suffragist, Susan B. Anthony, grew up in this meeting and from her Quaker background developed her concerns for temper- ance and freedom for women. The building, unchanged since 1782, dis- plays a variety of handiworks — symbol of the Quaker convincement that each man must be guided by his own inner light. ERECTED 1959 BY THE ADAMS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS DESCENDANTS

Commonly called Quakers, this Christian denomination is officially known as the Religious Society of Friends. Their core values include following a simple life, pacifism, personal integrity, community, and equality. They build simple places of worship called meeting houses. The Quaker Meeting House in Adams, MA is a simple wooden, clapboard covered, structure that is 36' long by 28' wide with a gabled roof and a single brick interior chimney. It was erected by the members of the Quaker community in 1782 and used until the community moved to western New York in 1842.

This Quaker Meeting House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Agency Responsible for Placement: Other (Place below) Agency Responsible for Placement (if not in list above): Adams Society of Friends Descendants Year Placed: 1959 County: Berkshire City/Town Name: Adams Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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