Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex | |
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Location | 6 Old Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°47′41.7″N 73°32′11.5″W / 40.794917°N 73.536528°W |
Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 02000473 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 2002 |
Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex is a historic Quaker meeting house complex located at 6 Old Jericho Turnpike in Jericho, Nassau County, New York. The complex consists of the meetinghouse (1788), former Friends' schoolhouse (1793), a large gable roofed shed (ca. 1875), and the Friends' cemetery. The meeting house is a two-story, gable roofed timber-framed structure clad in wood shingles. [2] One of the people who helped build the meeting house was preacher Elias Hicks (1748 – 1830), who is buried at the cemetery within the complex.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]
Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex | |
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Location | 6 Old Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, New York |
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Coordinates | 40°47′41.7″N 73°32′11.5″W / 40.794917°N 73.536528°W |
Area | 3.3 acres (1.3 ha) |
NRHP reference No. | 02000473 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 2002 |
Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex is a historic Quaker meeting house complex located at 6 Old Jericho Turnpike in Jericho, Nassau County, New York. The complex consists of the meetinghouse (1788), former Friends' schoolhouse (1793), a large gable roofed shed (ca. 1875), and the Friends' cemetery. The meeting house is a two-story, gable roofed timber-framed structure clad in wood shingles. [2] One of the people who helped build the meeting house was preacher Elias Hicks (1748 – 1830), who is buried at the cemetery within the complex.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]