Fairfax Quaker Meeting House in Waterford
- Address: Loyalty Rd
- Vicinity: Old Waterford Rd
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1741/00/00 | Goose Creek Friends Meeting | Vocation | The Quakers settlers who founded Waterford built a log meetinghouse (lost) on this site. | |||
1761/00/00 | Goose Creek Friends Meeting | Vocation | The Fairfax Quarterly Meeting replace their log meetinghouse with the eastern half of the present stone building. | |||
1771/00/00 | Quakers | Vocation | The Fairfax Meetinghouse in Waterford, the earliest known example of Quaker Plain Style, is brought into conformity with the style by its "doubling." | |||
1868/00/00 | A fire destroys the original hipped roof of the Fairfax Meetinghouse. | |||||
1929/00/00 | Goose Creek Friends Meeting | Vocation | By 1929, the Waterford Quakers merge their meeting with the meeting in nearby Lincoln due to their dwindling membership. | |||
1939/00/00 | The Fairfax Meetinghouse remodeled into a residence by architect Allen McDaniel. |
Particulars for Fairfax Quaker Meeting House in Waterford: | |
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Sight Category | Building |
Owner | Private |
Building Plan | Quaker Plain Style |
Building Use | Religious Meeting House |
Historic Use | Religious Property |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Area of Significance | Social History |
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