Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse Parsonage and Cemetery - Portsmouth RI - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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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