Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex

Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex is a historic Quaker meeting house complex located at 6 Old Jericho Turnpike in Jericho, Nassau County, New York. The complex consists of the meetinghouse (1788), former Friends' schoolhouse (1793), a large gable roofed shed (ca. 1875), and the Friends' cemetery. The meeting house is a two-story, gable roofed timber framed structure clad in wood shingles.[2] One of the people who helped build the meeting house was preacher Elias Hicks (1748 – 1830), who is buried at the cemetery within the complex.

Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex
Location6 Old Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, New York
Coordinates40°47′41.7″N 73°32′11.5″W
Area3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.02000473[1]
Added to NRHPMay 10, 2002

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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