Friends Meetinghouse (Randolph, New Jersey)

Randolph Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The land on which the Meeting House stands was purchased by a small group of Quakers in 1758 for a burying ground, i.e. Cemetery The same year a subscription was raised to build a Meeting House on the site for religious and business meeting.

History

Presumably, English colonists built the Meetinghouse, completing it in 1758.

On October 22, 1898, a board of trustees formed the Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association and bought the site in order to preserve it for future generations.

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey

References

1. Randolph, New Jersey
2. Friends meeting house
3. List of Friends meeting houses
4. Plainfield, New Jersey
5. List of the oldest churches in the United States
6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey
7. Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon
8. Wilton, Connecticut
9. Robert Carter III
10. National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois
11. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
12. Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation