Saylesville Meetinghouse

	Saylesville Meetinghouse
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Saylesville Meetinghouse, ca. 1900
Location	Lincoln, Rhode Island
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1704
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	No Style Listed
NRHP reference No.	78000008
Added to NRHP	November 28, 1978

The Saylesville Friends Meetinghouse is an historic Quaker meetinghouse on Smithfield Avenue within the village of Saylesville in the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island.

The Quaker (Society of Friends) meetinghouse was built in 1703-04, consisting of a modest, nearly rectangular wood frame structure. An expansion to the building was added c. 1745, joining a larger two-story structure to the old one.^[2]

Moses Brown, credited with funding Slater Mill, often described as the start of the American Industrial Revolution, was a member either of Providence Friends Meeting, Saylesville Friends Meeting or Smithfield Friends Meeting—sources are unclear. Providence Meeting is most likely because of its proximity to Moses Brown's farm. Elizabeth Buffum Chace, prominent Quaker abolitionist, lived in nearby Central Falls.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is one of the oldest surviving Quaker meeting houses in New England. It continues to be used each First Day as a Friends Meetinghouse, in the unprogrammed tradition of Friends' worship.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Saylesville Meetinghouse" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-18.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Saylesville Meetinghouse" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-18.

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