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Rull Men's Meetinghouse

  • Also Known As: Faluw
  • Vicinity: Baleabaat, South of Colonia
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Rull Men's Meeting House Municipality, was where men gathered to plan war strategy, perform rites of passage for young men, and address other important aspects of social life. This meetinghouse, or faluw, is significant to the ethnic heritage of Micronesians and may yield information about this culture's early history. - NPS


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Particulars for Rull Men's Meetinghouse:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Ceremonial site
Historic Use Civic
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Hotel
Historic Use Meeting hall
Cultural Affiliation Pacific-Islander
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Secondary structure
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 30th September 1976

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Rull Men's Meetinghouse
Registry Address: Rull
Registry Number: 76002214
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Local
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State; Local
Area of Significance: Pacific-Islander, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-Function: Meeting hall, Ceremonial site, Hotel, Civic, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic, Religion, Social
Current Sub-Function: Meeting hall Ceremonial site Secondary structure Civic Hotel

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