Shawnee Friends Mission

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Shawnee Friends Mission
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The church in 2017
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Nearest city Shawnee, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°17′37″N96°55′28″W / 35.2937°N 96.9244°W / 35.2937; -96.9244 Coordinates: 35°17′37″N96°55′28″W / 35.2937°N 96.9244°W / 35.2937; -96.9244
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc.1880
NRHP reference # 73001569 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1973

The Shawnee Friends Mission is a historic Quaker mission and meeting house south of Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was built around 1880 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

Mission work by the Society of Friends began around 1871. The Friends Meeting House, built was built around 1880 and survives in good condition in 1972. [2]


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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kent Ruth (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shawnee Friends Mission / Friends Meeting House". National Park Service . Retrieved December 15, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1973