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
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	6 Old Jericho Turnpike, Jericho, New York
Coordinates	40°47′41.7″N 73°32′11.5″W / 40.794917°N 73.536528°W / 40.794917; -73.536528
Area	3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
NRHP reference No.	02000473^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 2002

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[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 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes James Warren (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jericho Friends Meeting House Complex" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying nine photographs