Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse Explained

Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse
Location:17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, Maryland
Coordinates:39.1472°N -77.0253°W
Architecture:Federal
Added:September 22, 1972
Refnum:72000587

The Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse is a historic building located at Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a large, Flemish bond brick, Federal-style Quaker Meeting House built in 1817. The meetinghouse is on two acres deeded by James Brooke in the 1750s, for the use of the Quaker Meeting. Nearby is the cemetery where he and many of his descendants were buried.[1]

In the mid-1900s a community house was built adjacent, "where first day school" classes and "young friends" meet. The weekly meeting (congregation) was also essential in the formation of Sandy Spring Friends School, and Friends House (an assisted living community), both built nearby on Norwood Road.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse. February 1972. 2016-01-01 . Mrs. Preston Parish. Maryland Historical Trust.