Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse

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Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse
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Matinecock Meeting House, December 2010
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LocationPiping Rock and Duck Pond Rds., Locust Valley, New York
Coordinates 40°51′59″N73°35′41″W / 40.86639°N 73.59472°W / 40.86639; -73.59472 Coordinates: 40°51′59″N73°35′41″W / 40.86639°N 73.59472°W / 40.86639; -73.59472
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1725
NRHP reference No. 76001231 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1976

Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located on the northwest corner of Piping Rock and Duck Pond Roads in Locust Valley, Nassau County, New York. It was built in 1725 and is a two-story, rectangular building topped by a steeply pitched gable roof. It is two bays wide and four bays long, sheathed in shingles. [2]

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

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Raymond W. Smith (June 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2010-11-20.See also: "Accompanying four photos".
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