Neck Meetinghouse and Yard

The Neck Meetinghouse and Yard, also known as the Quaker Meetinghouse & Graveyard, is a historic Quaker meetinghouse located at West Denton, Caroline County, Maryland. It is a one-story rectangular frame building with a pitched gable roof measuring 30 feet, 8​1⁄2 inches long and 20 feet, 5 inches deep. In the graveyard are six marked burials with stones dating from the 1850s to 1890, with some more recent interments. It is the only extant Friends meeting house in Caroline County, and one of only a few still standing on the Eastern Shore. The meeting house was utilized from September 26, 1802, when the first meeting was held in the building, until it was abandoned in 1890 for lack of funds and participants.[2]

Neck Meetinghouse and Yard
LocationMD 404, West Denton, Maryland
Coordinates38°53′26″N 75°50′29″W
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1802 (1802)
NRHP reference No.76000982[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 22, 1976

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Eleanor F. Horsey (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Neck Meetinghouse and Yard" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.


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