East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse
The East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse (also known as "Mendon Lower Meeting" or "Smithfield Monthly Meeting") is an historic Quaker meetinghouse on 197 Elm Street in Blackstone, Massachusetts. The small single-story wood frame structure was built in 1812 on land donated to the Quakers by Samuel Smith, a local landowner. The building was used regularly throughout the 19th century for meetings, and sporadically since then.[2]
East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse | |
East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse | |
Location | Blackstone, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°3′9″N 71°31′23″W |
Built | 1812 |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 95001035[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 22, 1995 |
The meeting house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "MACRIS inventory record for East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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