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Friends Meeting House
Made by Emilio Guerra
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States The Meeting House of the Religious Society of friends in Flushing dates back to 1694. At that time a small frame structure, the easterly third of the present building, was built on land acquired two years previously by John 8owne and John Rodman, both well-known leaders of the Friends. In 1716-1719 the building was enlarged to its present size. The division between the two construction periods is proven by internal structure! evidence and is apparent on the south side from the different spacing of the windows. The chimney rises on the tine of the original west wall . The edifice is a prime example of medieval survive! in its proportions and framing system. It is a plain rectangular building erected on a frame of forty-foot oak timbers, each hand hewn from a single free. The architectural interest of the building is derived chiefly from its unusually steep hip roof; the roof is almost as high as the two stories below it. This feature can be traced to the high steep roofs of medieval Holland, -which had chanced from gable roofs to the hip shape in the 17th century. The Meeting House is well proportioned. Both walls and roof are covered with shingles. The wide spacing and small size of the windows on the second f!cor are distinctly English medieval in character though these windows have muntined sash and six-over-six panes. The larger windows at the ground floor have twe!ve-over-twelve panes. Both the entrances on the south front, one for men and one for women, have double doors. The porch, added a!ong this side in the 19th century, is supported by slender square columns, and its shingled roof echoes the hip roof of the building. Simplicity is the keynote, both outside and inside, as the friends desired that no worldly ostentation should distract their attention from worship. This is the oldest house of worship standing in New York City, and one of the oldest in the country. The first meeting held in this building occurred on November 24, 1694. The importance of the building to the Society of Friends was scon recognized. In 1695, formation of the New York Yearly Meeting for the province included agreement that it be he!d at the Flushing Meeting House. ft continued to assemble there from 1696 to 1778. The Long Island Quakers achieved prominence from their very earliest years. In 1657, when Director General Stuyvesant forbade Their worship, Flushing officials and citizens signed the Flushing Remonstrance. This was perhaps the ear! test demand for religious liberty made by American colonists. A few years later, when John Bowne was banished, he argued their case in Holland. As a result, the ''Liberty of Conscience, according to the Customs and Manner of Holland, granted to Flushing in its charter of 1645, was extended in 1663 to establish religious liberty throughout the Province of New Netherland. After the English conquest, the Quakers of New York were given permission to hold meetings for worship. Friends Meeting House As early as 1716 the Flushing Meeting house was the scene of preaching against slavery by William Burling and John Farmer. They were followed by John Woolman Matthew Franklin who is buried here and Elias Hicks, all of whom attacked the s!avery prob!em during the colonial period. John Murray, Jr., a!so buried here was the founder, in !7S5, and first treasurer of the New York Society for the Manumission of Staves, in his role as founder also of the New York Public School Society, Murray is considered the father of public education in New York City. After the disastrous Battle of Long Island in 1776, the Flushing Meeting House was briefly used by the British army as a prison. During the remainder of the British occupation, to 1783, the building served as a storehouse for hay and as a hospital. In 1735 it was reopened for services, and is still used for this purpose. The burial ground of the Meeting House has the quiet beauty of crass end trees. Graves were not marked before 1835 and the later graves have only simple low gravestones, any form of ostentation being inconsistent with Quaker beliefs. The land had been given for a burial ground as early as 1667 by John Bowne. In addition to those mentioned above, Joshua Kimber who kept school'' in the former nearby Friends School is buried here as well as Samuel Leggett, organizer and president in 1823 of the New York Gas Light Company — one of the predecessor companies of Consolidated Edison. He was the first resident of New York City to have his home lighted by gas. The pleasant landscaped setting of the Meeting House was formerly set apart from Northern Boulevard by a picket fence; it now has a stone watt. The building still faces south, however, with its back to the street, in this seclusion from the passing traffic, a feeling of inherent peace survives in perfect accord with the simple charm of the grey shingled building and the sense of a long continued history of quiet prayer and work for the community. - From the 1970 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report


Flushing Queens
Made by Steve aka Dj MiD-WAy
On my way to window shopping, yes I am actually buying windows, I cam across this old looking house in Flushing. It is the Quaker Meeting place which was open to the public. They let me walk around take some shots of the inside.


20110529_027
Made by k_dellaquila
Old Quaker Meeting House


Exposing the wall construction
Made by Vidiot
Those are hand-split laths. Everything about this building is handmade.


Decorative tree grate
Made by Vidiot
The Neenah Foundry Company does everything.


No nails when they built this building...
Made by Vidiot
It's held together by handmade pegs.


Quaker Meeting House foundation
Made by Vidiot
Check out those individual stones!


Cemetery
Made by Vidiot
At the Quaker Meeting House.


Friends Meeting House
Made by Emilio Guerra
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States The Meeting House of the Religious Society of friends in Flushing dates back to 1694. At that time a small frame structure, the easterly third of the present building, was built on land acquired two years previously by John 8owne and John Rodman, both well-known leaders of the Friends. In 1716-1719 the building was enlarged to its present size. The division between the two construction periods is proven by internal structure! evidence and is apparent on the south side from the different spacing of the windows. The chimney rises on the tine of the original west wall . The edifice is a prime example of medieval survive! in its proportions and framing system. It is a plain rectangular building erected on a frame of forty-foot oak timbers, each hand hewn from a single free. The architectural interest of the building is derived chiefly from its unusually steep hip roof; the roof is almost as high as the two stories below it. This feature can be traced to the high steep roofs of medieval Holland, -which had chanced from gable roofs to the hip shape in the 17th century. The Meeting House is well proportioned. Both walls and roof are covered with shingles. The wide spacing and small size of the windows on the second f!cor are distinctly English medieval in character though these windows have muntined sash and six-over-six panes. The larger windows at the ground floor have twe!ve-over-twelve panes. Both the entrances on the south front, one for men and one for women, have double doors. The porch, added a!ong this side in the 19th century, is supported by slender square columns, and its shingled roof echoes the hip roof of the building. Simplicity is the keynote, both outside and inside, as the friends desired that no worldly ostentation should distract their attention from worship. This is the oldest house of worship standing in New York City, and one of the oldest in the country. The first meeting held in this building occurred on November 24, 1694. The importance of the building to the Society of Friends was scon recognized. In 1695, formation of the New York Yearly Meeting for the province included agreement that it be he!d at the Flushing Meeting House. ft continued to assemble there from 1696 to 1778. The Long Island Quakers achieved prominence from their very earliest years. In 1657, when Director General Stuyvesant forbade Their worship, Flushing officials and citizens signed the Flushing Remonstrance. This was perhaps the ear! test demand for religious liberty made by American colonists. A few years later, when John Bowne was banished, he argued their case in Holland. As a result, the ''Liberty of Conscience, according to the Customs and Manner of Holland, granted to Flushing in its charter of 1645, was extended in 1663 to establish religious liberty throughout the Province of New Netherland. After the English conquest, the Quakers of New York were given permission to hold meetings for worship. Friends Meeting House As early as 1716 the Flushing Meeting house was the scene of preaching against slavery by William Burling and John Farmer. They were followed by John Woolman Matthew Franklin who is buried here and Elias Hicks, all of whom attacked the s!avery prob!em during the colonial period. John Murray, Jr., a!so buried here was the founder, in !7S5, and first treasurer of the New York Society for the Manumission of Staves, in his role as founder also of the New York Public School Society, Murray is considered the father of public education in New York City. After the disastrous Battle of Long Island in 1776, the Flushing Meeting House was briefly used by the British army as a prison. During the remainder of the British occupation, to 1783, the building served as a storehouse for hay and as a hospital. In 1735 it was reopened for services, and is still used for this purpose. The burial ground of the Meeting House has the quiet beauty of crass end trees. Graves were not marked before 1835 and the later graves have only simple low gravestones, any form of ostentation being inconsistent with Quaker beliefs. The land had been given for a burial ground as early as 1667 by John Bowne. In addition to those mentioned above, Joshua Kimber who kept school'' in the former nearby Friends School is buried here as well as Samuel Leggett, organizer and president in 1823 of the New York Gas Light Company — one of the predecessor companies of Consolidated Edison. He was the first resident of New York City to have his home lighted by gas. The pleasant landscaped setting of the Meeting House was formerly set apart from Northern Boulevard by a picket fence; it now has a stone watt. The building still faces south, however, with its back to the street, in this seclusion from the passing traffic, a feeling of inherent peace survives in perfect accord with the simple charm of the grey shingled building and the sense of a long continued history of quiet prayer and work for the community. - From the 1970 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report


Friends Meeting House
Made by Emilio Guerra
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States The Meeting House of the Religious Society of friends in Flushing dates back to 1694. At that time a small frame structure, the easterly third of the present building, was built on land acquired two years previously by John 8owne and John Rodman, both well-known leaders of the Friends. In 1716-1719 the building was enlarged to its present size. The division between the two construction periods is proven by internal structure! evidence and is apparent on the south side from the different spacing of the windows. The chimney rises on the tine of the original west wall . The edifice is a prime example of medieval survive! in its proportions and framing system. It is a plain rectangular building erected on a frame of forty-foot oak timbers, each hand hewn from a single free. The architectural interest of the building is derived chiefly from its unusually steep hip roof; the roof is almost as high as the two stories below it. This feature can be traced to the high steep roofs of medieval Holland, -which had chanced from gable roofs to the hip shape in the 17th century. The Meeting House is well proportioned. Both walls and roof are covered with shingles. The wide spacing and small size of the windows on the second f!cor are distinctly English medieval in character though these windows have muntined sash and six-over-six panes. The larger windows at the ground floor have twe!ve-over-twelve panes. Both the entrances on the south front, one for men and one for women, have double doors. The porch, added a!ong this side in the 19th century, is supported by slender square columns, and its shingled roof echoes the hip roof of the building. Simplicity is the keynote, both outside and inside, as the friends desired that no worldly ostentation should distract their attention from worship. This is the oldest house of worship standing in New York City, and one of the oldest in the country. The first meeting held in this building occurred on November 24, 1694. The importance of the building to the Society of Friends was scon recognized. In 1695, formation of the New York Yearly Meeting for the province included agreement that it be he!d at the Flushing Meeting House. ft continued to assemble there from 1696 to 1778. The Long Island Quakers achieved prominence from their very earliest years. In 1657, when Director General Stuyvesant forbade Their worship, Flushing officials and citizens signed the Flushing Remonstrance. This was perhaps the ear! test demand for religious liberty made by American colonists. A few years later, when John Bowne was banished, he argued their case in Holland. As a result, the ''Liberty of Conscience, according to the Customs and Manner of Holland, granted to Flushing in its charter of 1645, was extended in 1663 to establish religious liberty throughout the Province of New Netherland. After the English conquest, the Quakers of New York were given permission to hold meetings for worship. Friends Meeting House As early as 1716 the Flushing Meeting house was the scene of preaching against slavery by William Burling and John Farmer. They were followed by John Woolman Matthew Franklin who is buried here and Elias Hicks, all of whom attacked the s!avery prob!em during the colonial period. John Murray, Jr., a!so buried here was the founder, in !7S5, and first treasurer of the New York Society for the Manumission of Staves, in his role as founder also of the New York Public School Society, Murray is considered the father of public education in New York City. After the disastrous Battle of Long Island in 1776, the Flushing Meeting House was briefly used by the British army as a prison. During the remainder of the British occupation, to 1783, the building served as a storehouse for hay and as a hospital. In 1735 it was reopened for services, and is still used for this purpose. The burial ground of the Meeting House has the quiet beauty of crass end trees. Graves were not marked before 1835 and the later graves have only simple low gravestones, any form of ostentation being inconsistent with Quaker beliefs. The land had been given for a burial ground as early as 1667 by John Bowne. In addition to those mentioned above, Joshua Kimber who kept school'' in the former nearby Friends School is buried here as well as Samuel Leggett, organizer and president in 1823 of the New York Gas Light Company — one of the predecessor companies of Consolidated Edison. He was the first resident of New York City to have his home lighted by gas. The pleasant landscaped setting of the Meeting House was formerly set apart from Northern Boulevard by a picket fence; it now has a stone watt. The building still faces south, however, with its back to the street, in this seclusion from the passing traffic, a feeling of inherent peace survives in perfect accord with the simple charm of the grey shingled building and the sense of a long continued history of quiet prayer and work for the community. - From the 1970 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report


Friends Meeting House
Made by Emilio Guerra
Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States The Meeting House of the Religious Society of friends in Flushing dates back to 1694. At that time a small frame structure, the easterly third of the present building, was built on land acquired two years previously by John 8owne and John Rodman, both well-known leaders of the Friends. In 1716-1719 the building was enlarged to its present size. The division between the two construction periods is proven by internal structure! evidence and is apparent on the south side from the different spacing of the windows. The chimney rises on the tine of the original west wall . The edifice is a prime example of medieval survive! in its proportions and framing system. It is a plain rectangular building erected on a frame of forty-foot oak timbers, each hand hewn from a single free. The architectural interest of the building is derived chiefly from its unusually steep hip roof; the roof is almost as high as the two stories below it. This feature can be traced to the high steep roofs of medieval Holland, -which had chanced from gable roofs to the hip shape in the 17th century. The Meeting House is well proportioned. Both walls and roof are covered with shingles. The wide spacing and small size of the windows on the second f!cor are distinctly English medieval in character though these windows have muntined sash and six-over-six panes. The larger windows at the ground floor have twe!ve-over-twelve panes. Both the entrances on the south front, one for men and one for women, have double doors. The porch, added a!ong this side in the 19th century, is supported by slender square columns, and its shingled roof echoes the hip roof of the building. Simplicity is the keynote, both outside and inside, as the friends desired that no worldly ostentation should distract their attention from worship. This is the oldest house of worship standing in New York City, and one of the oldest in the country. The first meeting held in this building occurred on November 24, 1694. The importance of the building to the Society of Friends was scon recognized. In 1695, formation of the New York Yearly Meeting for the province included agreement that it be he!d at the Flushing Meeting House. ft continued to assemble there from 1696 to 1778. The Long Island Quakers achieved prominence from their very earliest years. In 1657, when Director General Stuyvesant forbade Their worship, Flushing officials and citizens signed the Flushing Remonstrance. This was perhaps the ear! test demand for religious liberty made by American colonists. A few years later, when John Bowne was banished, he argued their case in Holland. As a result, the ''Liberty of Conscience, according to the Customs and Manner of Holland, granted to Flushing in its charter of 1645, was extended in 1663 to establish religious liberty throughout the Province of New Netherland. After the English conquest, the Quakers of New York were given permission to hold meetings for worship. Friends Meeting House As early as 1716 the Flushing Meeting house was the scene of preaching against slavery by William Burling and John Farmer. They were followed by John Woolman Matthew Franklin who is buried here and Elias Hicks, all of whom attacked the s!avery prob!em during the colonial period. John Murray, Jr., a!so buried here was the founder, in !7S5, and first treasurer of the New York Society for the Manumission of Staves, in his role as founder also of the New York Public School Society, Murray is considered the father of public education in New York City. After the disastrous Battle of Long Island in 1776, the Flushing Meeting House was briefly used by the British army as a prison. During the remainder of the British occupation, to 1783, the building served as a storehouse for hay and as a hospital. In 1735 it was reopened for services, and is still used for this purpose. The burial ground of the Meeting House has the quiet beauty of crass end trees. Graves were not marked before 1835 and the later graves have only simple low gravestones, any form of ostentation being inconsistent with Quaker beliefs. The land had been given for a burial ground as early as 1667 by John Bowne. In addition to those mentioned above, Joshua Kimber who kept school'' in the former nearby Friends School is buried here as well as Samuel Leggett, organizer and president in 1823 of the New York Gas Light Company — one of the predecessor companies of Consolidated Edison. He was the first resident of New York City to have his home lighted by gas. The pleasant landscaped setting of the Meeting House was formerly set apart from Northern Boulevard by a picket fence; it now has a stone watt. The building still faces south, however, with its back to the street, in this seclusion from the passing traffic, a feeling of inherent peace survives in perfect accord with the simple charm of the grey shingled building and the sense of a long continued history of quiet prayer and work for the community. - From the 1970 NYCLPC Landmark Designation Report