Friends Meeting House

Friends Meeting House (HMSTX)

Location: Shiloh, NY 11354 Queens County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 45.784', W 73° 49.829'

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The Friends Meeting House was the first house of worship in the village of Flushing. It is New York City's oldest house of worship in continuous use, and the second oldest in the nation. The house was built in 1694, and provided Flushing's Quakers with their first permanent place of worship. Until that time, Quakers attended services in the kitchen of John Bowne's house, a few blocks away. Bowne himself is buried in the graveyard behind the meeting house.

The Friends Meeting House has served its original purpose for more than 300 years - interrupted only briefly during the American Revolution, when the British used it as a prison, a hospital, and a stable. The meeting house was built with 40 foot timbers of Oak trees from the area. The two sets of doors were originally used as separate entrances for men and women.
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Date Added Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 10:34pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 598710 N 4513113
Decimal Degrees40.76306667, -73.83048333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 45.784', W 73° 49.829'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 45' 47.04" N, 73° 49' 49.74" W
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Area Code(s)917, 718, 347
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 137-10 Northern Blvd, Shiloh NY 11354, US
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