Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery - Portsmouth RI
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N 41° 35.430 W 071° 15.254
19T E 312112 N 4606765
The Porstmouth Friends Meeting House was built between 1699 and 1702. It is a large two story shingled framed building.
Waymark Code: WMPENF
Location: Rhode Island, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 5

There are 2 meeting rooms in the body of the meeting house. The men's meeting comprises the sourthern 2/3's of the original building. The women's meeting room occupies the northern third. Historical records indicate the first meeting was held in February 1702. The building was expanded numerous times over its life.

The meeting house was one of the first Quaker meeting houses in the American colonies. Along with its sister meeting house in Newport, which was built at the same time, are the oldest meeting houses in existence today.
Street address:
11 Middle Rd. and 2232 E. Main Rd
Portsmouth , RI


County / Borough / Parish: Newport

Year listed: 1973

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering

Periods of significance: 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Historic function: Religion

Current function: Religion

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

Secondary Website 2: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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