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Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse, Parsonage and Cemetery

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The meetinghouse was listed for sale after the Friends' Church regional headquarters closed the church in 2017 in response to dwindling membership. In 2020, the local congregation regained legal control of the meetinghouse and re-opened it for services after renovations.
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founded Portsmouth, the second oldest colonial community in Rhode Island. The Quaker community developed shortly after the community was founded.
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History for sale in Portsmouth: Portsmouth Historical Society is pushing to save the iconic Friends Meeting House, which is on the market
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The current meetinghouse was built around 1699–1700. The building was used as a Quaker house of worship and school. During the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portsmouth Evangelical Friends Meetinghouse
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portsmouth Friends' Churchyard Cemetery
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was founded at the church. The meeting house was added to the
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Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse, Parsonage, and Cemetery
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Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse, Parsonage and Cemetery is located in Rhode Island
Portsmouth Friends Meetinghouse, Parsonage and Cemetery is located in the United States
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
41°35′28″N 71°15′16″W / 41.59111°N 71.25444°W / 41.59111; -71.25444
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Friends Meeting House
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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American Revolutionary War
Moses Brown School
National Register of Historic Places
List of the oldest buildings in Rhode Island
Great Friends Meetinghouse
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island
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National Register of Historic Places
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American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans
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History for sale in Portsmouth: Portsmouth Historical Society is pushing to save the iconic Friends Meeting House, which is on the market
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