Friends Meetinghouse (Randolph, New Jersey)
Appearance
Randolph Friends Meetinghouse | |
Nearest city | Randolph, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°51′54″N 74°34′11″W / 40.86500°N 74.56972°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1758 |
NRHP reference No. | 73001121[1] |
NJRHP No. | 2229[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
Designated NJRHP | January 29, 1973 |
Randolph Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The land on which the Meeting House stands was purchased by a small group of Quakers in 1758 for a burying ground, i.e. Cemetery The same year a subscription was raised to build a Meeting House on the site for religious and business meeting.
History
[edit]Presumably, English colonists built the Meetinghouse, completing it in 1758.[3]
On October 22, 1898, a board of trustees formed the Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association and bought the site in order to preserve it for future generations.[4][5]
The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Morris County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. February 12, 2018. p. 18.
- ^ "FMH History". randolphmeetinghouse.org. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ A History of Morris County, New Jersey: Embracing Upwards of Two Centuries, 1710-1913 ... Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1914.
- ^ "Association Home Page". www.randolphmeetinghouse.org. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- ^ Karschner, Terry (June 4, 1973). "NRHP Nomination: Friends Meetinghouse". National Park Service.
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Categories:
- Randolph, New Jersey
- Quaker meeting houses in New Jersey
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Religious buildings and structures completed in 1758
- Churches in Morris County, New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Morris County, New Jersey
- New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- 18th-century Quaker meeting houses
- New Jersey Registered Historic Place stubs
- New Jersey religious building and structure stubs