The Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse is a historic building located at Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a large, Flemish bond brick, Federal-style Quaker Meeting House built in 1817. The meetinghouse is on two acres deeded by James Brooke in the 1750s, for the use of the Quaker Meeting. Nearby is the cemetery where he and many of his descendants were buried.
In the mid-1900s a community house was built adjacent, "where first day school" classes and "young friends" meet. The weekly meeting (congregation) was also essential in the formation of Sandy Spring Friends School, and Friends House (an assisted living community), both built nearby on Norwood Road.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Video Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse
References
Maps Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse
External links
- Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 28-11-5, including photo in 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments