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Photos, prints, and drawings of Quaker meetinghouses in the US beyond Philadelphia and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
Organized alphabetically by name of Meetinghouse
Unknown, likely various
Original processing information unknown. Finding aid updated February 2023 by Andrea Brokate Castillo.
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- February, 2023
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Collection Inventory
Located in Adams, MA. Built in 1787. Contains: -1 photo (photocopy) -1 post card (duplicate).
Located in Yorktown, NY. Built in 1832. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Amesbury, MA. Built in 1851. Contains: -1 post card -2 centennial bulletins with historical accounts -1 historical sketch. Misc: *also known as Hampton (-1792) and Seabrook (1792-1884)
Located in Apponagansett, MA. Built in 1790. Contains: -3 photos bound for bicentennial of Dartmouth Mo. Mtg. -2 news clippings, 1 from The Christian Science Monitor, 1953, -1 news photo.
Located in Aurora, SD. Inactive meeting. Contains: -1 photo (1937).
Located in Baltimore, MD. Built in 1781 and 1805 (new). Hicksite meeting. Contains: -6 photos (some duplicates) -1 bulletin from Baltimore YM -1 news clipping from The Baltimore Sun, 1925. Misc: -photos from the first meeting house as well as Asquith St. and Lombard St. Meeting Houses
Located in Bath, ME. Built in 1728. Contains: -1 news photo.
Located in Bear Creek, IA. Contains: -2 photos (1937).
Located in Bell, CA. Built in 1906. Contains: -2 news photos (duplicates). Misc: *also called Greening until 1906
Located in Bellefonte, PA. Built in 1832. Contains: -2 post cards -1 news photo. Misc: *also known as Centre
Located in Belleville, KS. Contains: -1 news clipping with photo.
Located in Berkeley, CA. Contains: -3 news clippings with photos (duplicate).
Located in Bloomingdale, IN. Contains: -1 photo -1 post card (photo).
Located in Blue River, IN. Built in 1827. Contains: -3 photos (print, not original; 1 of old meeting house - 1899). Misc: known informally as Highland Creek
Located in Brooklyn, NY. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Cecil County, MD. Built in 1724, 1724 (remodeled), and 1811. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -6 photos -1 post card -1 historical sketch -Centennial Celebration materials. Misc: -also called familiarly, Brick Meeting House, and formally, East Nottingham -buried there is Elizabeth Maxwell Job, niece of Daniel Defoe -photos by Watson Dewees and CH Thomas
Located in Columbiana County, OH. Contains: -1 cyanotype (1888). Misc: -photo by Gilbert Cope
Located in Casco, ME. Built in ca. 1817. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Woodland, NC. Built in 1868. Contains: -3 photos (2:1946, 1:1964) -2 post card (photo). Misc: Rich Square MM meets here
Located in Clinton County, OH. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Central City, NE. Built in 1909. Contains: -1 news clipping with photo, from The American Friend, 1909.
Located in Central Village, MA. Built in 1716, rebuilt in 1813, and 1872. Contains: -1 photo (print, not original).
Located in Chappaqua, NY. Built in 1776. Contains: -2 photos (prints).
Located in Charleston, SC. Built in 1715 and 1856 (both burned). Contains: -3 photos -1 post card -1 sketch and 2 historical accounts of Old Charleston Meeting from The American Friend, and Southern Quakers and Slavery.
Located in Chesterhill, OH. *Gurnyite meeting. Contains: -1 photo -1 post card (photo).
Located in Chicago, IL. Built in 1869 (Old House) and 1898 (New). Contains: -1 news clipping with photo from The American Friend, 1898.
Located in Clinton Corners, NY. Built in 1777. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 post card -1 news clippling with photo. Misc: -noted as a station of the Underground railway *also known as Stanford until 1925
Located in Clintondale, NY. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Colerain, OH. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Conanicut, RI. Built in 1787 (1709, 1734 buildings). Inactive meeting. Contains: -1 post card -5 photos (1936, n.d.). Misc: -George Fox preached here -the building from 1734 used by soldiers in Revolutionary War
Located in Colerain, OH. Hicksite and Orthodox meeting. Contains: -1 photo -3 cyanotypes. Misc: -this folder contains photos of both Concord Meetings; Hicksite and Orthodox -oldest Friends Meeting in Ohio
Located in Cornwall, NY. Built in 1790. Contains: -1 drawing.
Located in High Point, NC. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Darlington, MD. Hicksite and Orthodox meeting. Contains: -14 photos. Misc: -folder contains photos of both types of meetings
Located in De Ruyter, NY. Built in 1816. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Dover, NH. Built in 1768. Contains: -1 photo -1 post card -1 photo taken from printed material.
Located in Lancaster, PA. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -7 photos. Misc: -member of Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Located in Fishertown, PA. Contains: -3 photos (1998).
Located in East Vassalboro, ME. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: *currently known as Vasselboro
Located in Eastern, NY. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Lancaster County, PA. Built in 1803. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -3 photos. Misc: -member of Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Located in Columbiana, OH. Contains: -1 cyanotype.
Located in Elklands, PA. Contains: -2 photos / post cards (duplicate; 1909).
Located in Evanston, IL. Built in 1936. Contains: -1 photo -1 newspaper clipping with photo, The American Friend, 1936. Misc: Rufus Jones spoke here in 1936
Located in Waterford, VA. Built in 1761 and rebuilt in 1868. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 newspaper clipping with photo, from the Friends' Intelligencer, 1937. Misc: -member, Baltimore Yearly Meeting. *Also known informally as Waterford -members moved to Goose Creek or Lincoln in 1929
Located in Fairhaven, RI. Contains: -2 photos (duplicates).
Located in Fairhope, AL. Contains: -1 photo
Located in Fall River, MA. Contains: -2 photos.
Located in Fallston, MD. Contains: -6 photos -1 post card. Misc: -also known as Little Falls Meeting House
Located in Farmington, NY. Built in 1796 (old house). Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 page with two photos from the bulletin of the Friends' Historical Association, 1940.
Located in New York, NY. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Long Island, NY. Built in 1695. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -11 photos -4 post cards -collection of newspaper articles with photos and sketches. Misc: -occupied by the British during the Revolutionary War and used as a hospital and prison
Located in Belmont County, OH. Wilburite meeting. Contains: -2 photos (dup.) -1 cyanotype.
Located in Harford County, MD. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -3 photos. Misc: -also known as Forest Hill Meeting -member, Baltimore Yearly Meeting
Located in Friendsville, TN. Contains: -1 photo -2 sketches. Misc: -burial place of William Forster *known as Newberry until 1875
Located in Garden City, KS. Built in 1897. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Goshen, OH. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -3 photos (1904). Misc: *This meeting was known as Darby until 1824 and is currently known as Ohio Valley. -Aaron Dewees pictured
Located in Green Plains, OH. Contains: -1 photo (1913).
Located in Greensboro, NC. Contains: -1 post card -2 bulletins with photos (duplicates). Misc: -This meeting was known informally as Asheboro Street Friends Meeting (1909-1959), and later as First Friends (after 1959)
Located in Sparks, MD. Built in 1773. Contains: -1 photo -1 news photo from the Friends' Intelligencer, 1923 - 1 postcard. Misc: -member, Baltimore Yearly Meeting -see Little Falls
Located in West Hartford, CT. Built in 1950. Contains: -2 photos / post cards.
Located in Harrisville, OH. Contains: -1 photo (1913) -1 cyanotype. Misc: -Hannah Mary Mattson pictured
Located in Haviland, KS. Built in 1885. Contains: -1 news clipping with photo from The American Friend, 1897 plus duplicate of that photo (of original sod meeting house). Misc: *known as Liberty Meeting until 1886
Located in Henniker, NH. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Hesper, IA. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: *called Winneshiek until 1892
Located in High Point, NC. Contains: -1 post card -1 news photo.
Located in Highland Creek, IN. Built in 1848 (Old) and 1893 (New). Contains: -see Blue River -1 news photo (new meeting house) -1 news article with photo of old meeting house from the Friends' Intelligencer, 1899]. Misc: *also known more formally as Blue River
Located in Holly Spring, NC. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Hopewell, VA. Built in 1739, rebuilt in 1759, and 1788. Contains: -4 photos -1 post card -2 copies of a historical account from the Friends' Intelligencer, 1896 with photos -5 cyanotypes -4 news photos (duplicates).
Located in Hughesville, PA. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Jamestown, VA. Contains: -5 photos -1 reference to an article in the Friends' Intelligencer, vol. 68 (1911):81-83, "Old Conanicut Meeting," by Horace Lippincott.
Located in Long Island, NY. Built in 1788. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 photo -1 post card -2 news photos (duplicates). Misc: -Elias Hicks helped build; his funeral was held here
Located in Kansas City, MO. Contains: -1 post card of proposed new meeting and floor plan. Misc: *known as Willow Creek since 1972
Located in Lawrence, KS. Built in 1872. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Kokomo, IN. Built in 1930 (new building). Contains: -1 newspaper clipping with photo. Misc: -also known as Union Street Friends (1951-1983), *currently called First Friends Church -Rufus Jones spoke here
Located in Lanesville, CT. Contains: -1 photo
Located in Lincoln, RI. Built in 1704. Contains: -1 news photo.
Located in Lincoln, VA. Built in 1886. Orthodox meeting. Contains: -1 newspaper clipping with photo. Misc: *merged into Goose Creek MM in 1950
Located in Lancaster County, PA. Built in 1823. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -7 photos -3 cyanotypes. Misc: -also known as Penn Hill Meeting -member, Baltimore Yearly Meeting -Built by Jeremiah Brown -in photo, Neal Hambleton pictured
Located in Little Elk, MD. Built in 1826. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -2 photos. Misc: -inactive
Located in Fallston, MD. Built in 1773. Contains: -1 drawing of what house once looked like (taken down in 1843). Misc: -see also Gunpowder and Fallston Meeting Houses
Located in Mamaroneck, NY. Contains: -6 photos -1 historical sketch. Misc: *also known as Westchester prior to 1728; currently called Purchase
Located in Manasquan, NJ. Built in 1730 and 1886 (new). Hicksite meeting. Contains: -17 photos (plus negatives). Misc: *also known as Shrewsbury until 1927; Shrewsbury and Manasquan, 1927-1954
Located in Maple Grove, IN. Contains: -1 photo taken from Old Meeting Houses, by J. Russell Hayes.
Located in Marietta, IA. Contains: -1 photo (1937). Misc: -inactive
Located in Malboro, NC. Conservative meeting. Contains: -2 photos. Misc: *also called New Hope, informally
Located in Long Island (Locust Valley), NY. Built in 1725. Contains: -1 post card, 1 photo.
Located near Flora Dale, PA. Built in 1884. Contains: -2 newspaper clippings with photos (duplicates) from The Gettysburg Times, 1941.
Located in Columbiana County, OH. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 cyanotype.
Located in Millbrook, NY. Contains: -1 post card. Misc: -also known as the Old Brick Meeting House
Located in Boston, MA. Built in 1831. Contains: -1 news photo.
Located in Minneapolis, MN. Built in 1895. Contains: -8 photos -1 post card.
Located in Miami, Modoc, OK. Contains: -1 photo taken from printed material (Friends and the Indians, by R. W. Kelsey)
Located in Montclair, NJ. Built in 1932. Contains: -4 photos -6 newspaper clippings (3 with photos, 3 with sketches). Misc: -architect: Walter F. Price
Located in Mount Kisco, NJ. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Mount Pleasant, OH. Built in 1814-16. Contains: -10 photos (3 negatives) -2 cyanotypes -6 post cards / photos -3 newspaper clippings -7 news photos (or from other printed material). Misc: -also known as Stillwater Meeting House (see Stillwater) -picture of newer Friends Church
Located in Nantucket, MA. Built in 1838 (Orthodox) and 1829 (Hicksite). Split meeting. Contains: -3 photos -5 post cards (+ duplicates) -1 clipping:The Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, Orthodox Meeting (Fair St.); -1 photo of Hicksite (Main St.).
Located in New Bedford, MA. Contains: -2 photos -3 post cards -1 sketch.
Located in New Garden, NC. Built in 1785 (originally). Contains: -8 photos -4 drawings (duplicates) - 1 lith. by John Collins. Misc: -associated with Guilford College
Located in New York, NY. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 photo -4 post cards -1 newspaper clipping with photo. Misc: -located at 15th St. and Rutherford Place *currently known as Fifteenth Street
Located in New York, NY. Built from 1823-1856. Orthodox meeting. Contains: -2 printed photos -3 post cards -1 news clipping with drawing. Misc: -located at Rose St. (now Madison) and 20th St. off Grammercy Park *known as Flushing until 1795, now informally called Twentieth Street
Located in Newport, RI. Built in 1699 and periodically remodeled from 1729-1867. Contains: -4 photos (some duplicates) -7 post cards (duplicates). Misc: -used for NEYM for 205 yrs
Located in Chester County, PA. Built in 1839 (?). Hicksite meeting. Contains: -4 photos -2 cyanotypes. Misc: -established as Preparatory for Fallowfield Mo. Meeting
Located in Pasadena, CA. Built in 1909. Contains: -1 post card. Misc: *known as Pasadena (Hicksite) until 1908
Located in Oskaloosa, IA. Built in 1913. Contains: -2 post cards -1 printed photo -1 drawing (P). Misc: *known as Spring Creek until 1875 and sometimes called College Avenue, informally
Located in Paonia, CO. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: *"Part of Federated Church 1912-1930."
Located in Pasadena, CA. Built in 1886, enlarged in 1894. Contains: -1 news photo from The American Friend. Misc: *one of three local branches: conservative, Hicksite (Orange Grove), or an active meeting now called Victory Park (also known as First Friends Church)
Located in Paullina, IA. Contains: -1 post card (photo).
Located in Pembroke, MA. Built in 1706. Contains: -3 newspaper clippings with photos. Misc: -widely believed to be the oldest Quaker structure in the U.S. -*called Scituate until 1721 -original site in Norwell -Horace Fogg pictured
Located in Pendleton, IN. Contains: -2 photos (1P) -1 post card.
Located in Pennsville, OH. Built in the mid 1800's. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: *known as Deerfield (Orthodox) until 1835
Located in Yadkinville, NY. Built in 1929. Contains: -1 clipping with photo.
Located in North Carolina. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: *also known as Wells, or alternately Perquimans, until 1794
Located in Maryland. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -3 photos.
Located in Plainfield, IN. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 photo (P). Misc: -affiliated with Western Yearly Meeting
Located in Plainfield, NJ. Built in 1731 (1st) and 1788. Hicksite meeting. Contains: - 1 photo -11 post cards. Misc: *known as Amboy until 1704, Woodbridge (1704-1769), Plainfield (1792-1909), and currently as Rahway and Plainfield
Located in Portland, IN. Contains: -1 news photo -1 bulletin with historical facts concerning Oak St. and Forest Ave. Meetings (+ photos of each).
Located in Portland, ME. Built in 1845. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: on recto: "Presumpscott, ME"
Located in Providence, RI. Built in 1725, 1844, and 1952. Contains: -3 bulletins (duplicates).
Located in Purchase, NY. Built in 1729 (burned in 1919). Contains: -2 post cards. Misc: *also known as Westchester and Mamaroneck (see entry listed separately)
Located in Quaker Hill near Pawling, NJ. Built in 1764. Split meeting (1828). Contains: -7 photos -3 post cards. Misc: -also known as Oblong Hill - first effective action against slavery taken here in 1767 -occupied as a hospital, Jan. 1779, by Revolutionary soldiers
Located in Quaker Street Village, NY. Built in 1807. Contains: -1 post card. Misc: *also known as Duanesburg until 1933
Located in Rahway, NY. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: -for Rahway Orthodox see Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting record, collection number 912
Located in Ramona, CA. Built in 1893. Contains: -2 photos (duplicates) from The American Friend, 1911. Misc: *also known as Nuevo until 1895
Located in Woodland, NC. Built in 1906. Contains: -1 post card (photo). Misc: *also known informally as Cedar Grove (?) -meeting at Cedar Grove MH since 1936
Located in Spencer, OH. Built in 1829. Orthodox meeting. Contains: -2 photos. Misc: -near Quaker City, Barnesville -see Stillwater
Located in Richmond, IN. Built in 1822-23 (Hicksite) and 1898 (Orthodox). split meeting. Contains: -1 photo + clipping (Hicksite) -7 drawings (Printed duplicates).
Located in Richmond, IN. Built in 1821 and 1865. Orthodox meeting. Contains: -5 news photos -5 photos (all duplicates) -1 historical sketch from The American Friend - 1 edition of The Earlham College News with 5 photos. Misc: -includes pictures of Whitewater Meeting, sketch of first meeting house, and house on South 8th St. -associated with Earlham College
Located in Richmond, VA. Contains: -2 photos (duplicates) -1 news photo -1 newspaper clipping with photo from the Friends' Intelligencer, 1929. Misc: *also referred to as Caroline County until 1753 and Cedar Creek until 1875
Located in Belmont, OH. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Ridgewood, NJ. Contains: -1 drawing.
Located in St. Albans, ME. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in St. Petersburg, FL. Contains: -4 post cards.
Located in Salem, IA. Contains: - bulletin of Friends' Historical Association with photo. Misc: -meeting house first used to house Whittier College
Located in Salem, OH. Orthodox meeting. Contains: -1 cyanotype -1 postcard.
Located in Salem, OH. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Salem, OH. Wilburite (Conservative) meeting. Contains: -1 cyanotype -1 post card. Misc: -also known as Wilbur Friends Meeting House *currently called Salem-Upper Springfield
Located in San Diego, CA. Contains: -1 news photo.
Located in Sandwich, MA. Contains: -2 photos -1 news photo -1 post card.
Located in Sandy Spring, MD. Contains: -1 photo from Old Meeting Houses, by J. Russell Hayes -2 sketches (duplicate) -1 newspaper clipping -1 photo. Misc: *other names: Cliffs until 1750, Herring Creek (1750-1772), West River (1771-1778), and Indian Spring (Hicksite, 1778-1864).
Located in Santa Fe, NM. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Rhode Island. Contains: -3 pencil drawings (1918) of parts of meeting house
Located in Poplar Ridge, NY. Built in 1816 (?). Contains: -1 interior sketch. Misc: *currently called Poplar Ridge (?)
Located in Scott City, KS. Contains: -2 news photos from The American Friend, 1911 -2 photos (clearer duplicates of above).
Located in Seattle, WA. Contains: -1 news photo. Misc: *also known as Seattle Memorial from 1952-1959, currently called Friends Memorial
Located in Sewickley, PA. Wilburite meeting. Contains: -1 cyanotype. Misc: -established by Baltimore Yearly Meeting, joined Ohio YM in 1813, closed about 1874
Located in Mount Pleasant, OH. Contains: -1 (P).
Located in Shrewsbury, NJ. Built in 1816. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -14 photos -1 news photo -1 clipping from the New York Herald Tribune, 1952, pictures and article commemorating 280th anniversary -1 post card. Misc: -oldest Friends Meeting in New Jersey *also known as Shrewsbury and Manasquan from 1927-1954, and currently as Manasquan
Located in South Durham, ME. Built in 1829. Contains: -1 post card -1 news clipping with photo from The American Friend. Misc: -member, Falmouth Quarterly Meeting
Located in Lynchburg, VA. Orthodox meeting. Contains: -1 post card. Misc: *also called Bedford until 1782 (?); laid down in 1847
Located in Cape Cod, MA. Contains: -2 post cards.
Located in Sandwich, MA. Built in 1800 and remodeled in 1810. Contains: -1 photo -1 post card.
Located in Springfield, NC. Built in 1927 (worship since 1779). Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Stanfordville, NY. Orthodox meeting. Contains: -1 photo -1 post card. Misc: -joined Clinton Corners Monthly Meeting
Located in Belmont County, NJ. Built in 1878. Contains: -9 photos -3 cyanotypes -1 news clipping with photos. Misc: -also enclosed picture of Ohio Yearly Meeting 1888 -SEE Mount Pleasant?
Located in New Jersey. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Tillson, NY. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Wellsville, PA. Built in 1769 and expanded in 1782. Contains: -1 gold foil print with article.
Located in Washington, D.C. Built in 1930. Contains: -6 photos -1 news photo -2 new clippings w/ photos (duplicate) -1 bulletin -1 account by Walter Price of ground breaking, visit to the White House - 1 post card. Misc: -located at 13th and Irvine Streets -member, Baltimore YM -attended on occasion by Herbert Hoover
Located in Watseka, IL. Contains: -2 photos.
Located in Waynesville, OH. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -1 news photo -1 post card.
Located in Weare, NH. Contains: -2 post cards.
Located in Cedar County, IA. Contains: -6 photos -1 post card (photo). Misc: -associated with Scattergood Friends' School *United split 1883, Hickory Grove merged 1920, in Scattergood School
Located in West Falmouth, MA. Contains: -3 photos.
Located in West Gardiner, ME. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in West Grove, NC. Contains: -1 photo (1994).
Located in Cecil County, MD. Contains: -1 photo -1 clipping from Old Meeting Houses, by J. Russell Hayes. Misc: -also known as Little Brick Meeting House
Located in Long Island, NY. Hicksite (?) meeting. Contains: -1 photo -1 clipping from Old Meeting Houses, by J. Russell Hayes.
Located in Westerly, RI. Contains: -1 photo (1936). Misc: -until 1947, South Kingston
Located in Westfield, IN. Contains: -1 photo.
Located near Mooresville, IN. Built in 1827. Contains: -2 photos of etchings -1 historical account -1 news clipping with photo from The American Friend, 1929. Misc: *informally called Mooresville
Located in Whittier, CA. Contains: -1 news photo from The American Friend, 1911 -1 photo (duplicate of news photo).
Located in Whittier, IA. Contains: -1 photo. Misc: *known as Springville until 1958
Located in Wilmington, OH. Contains: -1 post card.
Located in Windham, ME. Contains: -1 photo (1936).
Located in Columbiana County, OH. Contains: -3 cyanotype. Misc: -also known as New Garden Meeting
Located in Winthrop Centre, ME. Contains: -1 post card. Misc: *also known as Leeds until 1839 and Litchfield from 1839-1880
Located in Worcester, MA. Contains: -1 photo.
Located in Wyandotte, OK. Contains: -3 sketches (1 floor plan, 1 duplicate) - 1 plan by Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs. Misc: *also known as Grand River until 1927
Located in York, PA. Built in 1766. Hicksite meeting. Contains: -3 cyanotypes. Misc: -member, Baltimore YM