Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse

The Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker church at Washington Street and Schoosett Street in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse
Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse is located in Massachusetts
Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse
Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse is located in the United States
Pembroke Friends Meetinghouse
LocationPembroke, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°6′17″N 70°48′18″W
Built1706/1833
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.06000786 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 2006

The meeting house was built in 1706 by Robert Barker with later 19th-century additions. It is one of the oldest Quaker meetinghouses in the United States. This meetinghouse was used by local Quakers from 1706 until 1876 when the meetinghouse was closed and its members transferred to meetings in either Sandwich or New Bedford. Today the Meetinghouse is owned by the Pembroke Historical Society and has seen occasional use by area Quakers.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

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References

HABS photo, 1934


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