East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse

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East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse
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East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse
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Location197 Elm Street,
Blackstone, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°3′9″N71°31′23″W / 42.05250°N 71.52306°W / 42.05250; -71.52306
Built1812
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 95001035 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1995

The East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse (also known as "Mendon Lower Meeting" or "Smithfield Monthly Meeting") is a historic Quaker meetinghouse 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]

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The meeting house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for East Blackstone Friends Meetinghouse". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

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