Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse

The Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse is a historic building located at Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a large, Flemish bond brick, Federal-style Quaker Meeting House built in 1817. The meetinghouse is on two acres deeded by James Brooke in the 1750s, for the use of the Quaker Meeting. Nearby is the cemetery where he and many of his descendants were buried.[2]

Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse
Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House in 1936
Location17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, Maryland
Coordinates39°8′50″N 77°1′31″W
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1817 (1817)
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.72000587[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1972

In the mid-1900s a community house was built adjacent, "where first day school" classes and "young friends" meet. The weekly meeting (congregation) was also essential in the formation of Sandy Spring Friends School, and Friends House (an assisted living community), both built nearby on Norwood Road.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mrs. Preston Parish (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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