Harmony Chapel and Cemetery

The Harmony Chapel and Cemetery (also known as "Harmony Meeting House" or "Harmony Cemetery") are a historic church and cemetery in Harmony, Rhode Island, a village in Glocester.

Harmony Chapel and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Harmony, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°53′20″N 71°36′3″W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	80000098 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1980

Overview

The wood-frame chapel adjacent to the cemetery sits on US Route 44 west of Edgewood Drive. Built as a schoolhouse in c. 1830, it is one of the few Federal-style schoolhouses to survive in the state, and is probably the best-preserved of that period. It was later (by 1870) converted for use as a meeting house (free chapel) for villagers.[2] Residents would occasionally hire ministers to speak and hold various Christian religious ceremonies.

The cemetery behind the chapel was used as a private cemetery by the Steere, Smith and other local families until opened for public use in 1878.

Harmony Chapel and Cemetery, ca. 1905

Notable burials

• Arthur Steere, businessman, politician

Images

• 
  Dr. Patience Steere
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  Sen. Arthur Steere, Henry J. Steere, Frederick Lewis and family
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  Seth Hunt Steere
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  Hannah Steere
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  Gideon Smith
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  Lucy Bowen Smith
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  Lucy Smith Steere
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  Chico, the monkey
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  Richard Aldrich family
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  Richard Aldrich family
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  Harmony Cemetery and Chapel
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  Harmony Cemetery

See also

• National Register of Historic Places in Providence County, Rhode Island

References and external links

• Friends of Harmony Village information and pictures of the chapel
• Harmony and Glocester Historical Information

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. "NRHP nomination for Harmony Chapel and Cemetery" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-16.