North Street Friends Meetinghouse

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North Street Friends Meetinghouse
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Location Ledyard, New York
Coordinates 42°45′48″N76°39′4″W / 42.76333°N 76.65111°W / 42.76333; -76.65111 Coordinates: 42°45′48″N76°39′4″W / 42.76333°N 76.65111°W / 42.76333; -76.65111
Built 1834
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP reference # 05001386 [1]
Added to NRHP December 9, 2005

The North Street Friends Meetinghouse is a brick structure on Brick Church Road near Aurora, New York. It is significant for its associations with abolition, the Underground Railroad and the Women's Rights Movement in Central New York. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]

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