Oswego Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery

Oswego Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery is a historic Society of Friends meeting house and cemetery in Moore's Mill, Dutchess County, New York. It was built in 1790 and is a ​1 1⁄2-story frame building sided with clapboards and wooden shingles. It has a moderately pitched gable roof and two entrances on the front facade, each flanked by two windows. The cemetery contains about 50 stones and burials range in date from the 1790s to 1880s. Also on the property is a privy.[2]

Oswego Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery
LocationOswego Rd. at jct. with Smith Rd., Moore's Mill, New York
Coordinates41°42′10″N 73°43′46″W
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1790
MPSDutchess County Quaker Meeting Houses TR
NRHP reference No.89000301[1]
Added to NRHPApril 27, 1989

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Melodye K. Moore (October 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Oswego Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01.


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