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A contributing property in the West Falmouth Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Historical Marker
First Quaker Meeting House Site Granite Marker
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About this site
First Quaker Meeting House Site Granite Marker is a historical marker in Falmouth, Barnstable County. It is one of 250 historical markers documented in Barnstable County, among 6,897 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 41.6021, -70.6334 near Falmouth. The nearest cataloged historic site is House at 50 Friends Way (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Friends Way, Annadale Apartments, and Swift, Silas and Chloe Bowerman House.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The First Quaker Meeting House Site Granite Marker in Falmouth commemorates the town's early meetinghouse, the building that in colonial New England served as the center of both worship and town government. The marker records the site where the community's civic and religious life first took shape. It is a contributing feature of a National Register historic district.
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Swift, William E. Park
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West Falmouth Hose House
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