Friends Meetinghouse (Jamestown, Rhode Island) Explained

Friends Meetinghouse
Location:Jamestown, Rhode Island
Coordinates:41.5144°N -71.3753°W
Built:1786
Added:March 7, 1973
Refnum:73000276
Nrhp Type2:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Nrhp Type2:October 2, 1978
Partof:Windmill Hill Historic District
Partof Refnum:73000276

The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in Jamestown, Rhode Island.[1]

The structure was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British after they occupied Conanicut Island in 1776. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and is included in the Windmill Hill Historic District. It is still used for religious services during the summer. It contains the Old Friends' Burial Ground.

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  1. Harold Wickliffe Rose. The Colonial Houses of Worship in America. New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1963, p. 419. “273 Conanicut Friends Meeting House (1786) Conanicut Island, Jamestown County, Rhode Island”