The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic

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at the junction of North Road and Weeden Lane in

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.Harold Wickliffe Rose. ''The Colonial Houses of Worship in America''. New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1963, p. 419. “273 Conanicut Friends Meeting House (1786) Conanicut Island, Jamestown County, Rhode Island” The structure was built in 1786 to replace the original meeting house destroyed by the British after they occupied

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in 1776. The building was added to the

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in 1973, and is included in the Windmill Hill Historic District. It is still used for religious services during the summer. It contains the Old Friends' Burial Ground. Image:Jamestown Rhode Island Friends.jpg, Rear view of the Friends Meeting House Image:Jamestown Rhode Island Friends Meeting House 1.jpg, Front view of the Friends Meeting House Image:Jamestown Rhode Island Friends Meeting House 2.jpg, Front view of Friends Meeting House with Jamestown Windmill in background

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Listing and photographs of the Burial Ground
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Quaker meeting houses in Rhode Island Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Churches completed in 1786 Buildings and structures in Jamestown, Rhode Island Churches in Newport County, Rhode Island 18th-century Quaker meeting houses National Register of Historic Places in Newport County, Rhode Island Cemeteries in Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-religious-struct-stub

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