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Great Friends Meeting House

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Chas & Em
June 22, 2018
Rhode Island was founded on the idea of religious freedom. Built in 1699 in Newport, the Meeting House is one of the oldest structures in the state and showcases the influence and importance the Quakers had in the area. In 1905, it ceased being a Meeting House, instead becoming a recreational center for African-Americans until the 1970’s, when it was donated to the Historical Society and restored. It has a plain design, but that is the point. Inside the building, you will not find steeples, statues, or stained glass windows, but rather a stripped down interior that fits quite well with the Quakers’ ideas for proper worship centering around simplicity.
Rhode Island was founded on the idea of religious freedom. Built in 1699 in Newport, the Meeting House is one of the oldest structures in the state and showcases the influence and importance the Quakers had in the area. In 1905, it ceased being a Meeting House, instead becoming a recreational center…

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