Description: Quaker Meeting House in Mount Pleasant before restoration. The meeting house was erected in 1814. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07923
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Society of Friends; Jefferson County (Ohio)
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Buggies lined up outside Quaker Meeting House in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07924
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Society of Friends; Jefferson County (Ohio)
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Congregation standing outside Quaker Meeting House. The meeting house was built in 1814. It was places on the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07925
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Society of Friends; Jefferson County (Ohio)
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Restored interior of the Quaker Meeting House. A special feature of the meeting house is its partition, which reaches from the floor to the ceiling to divide the space between the men's and women's side. This meeting house was built in 1814. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07928
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Society of Friends; Jefferson County (Ohio)
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of Quaker Meeting House with black automobile. This meeting house was built in 1814. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07930
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Society of Friends; Jefferson County (Ohio)
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Friends Yearly Meeting House in Damascus in Mahoning County, Ohio. The sign above the door reads "Ohio Yearly Meeting Friends Church August 23-28 1938." Constructed in 1857, the meeting house served as a place of worship and community for members of the Quaker community, and remained in use until 1975. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06839
Subjects: Quakers; Society of Friends; Quaker meeting houses; Religion in Ohio
Places: Damascus (Ohio); Goshen Township (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the meeting house from the south with unknown men and horse. This meeting house was built in 1814. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07929
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Society of Friends; Jefferson County (Ohio)
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built in 1814, this was the first meeting house constructed west of the Allegheny Mountains by the small religious denomination known as the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The town of Mount Pleasant, where the meeting house is located, has a long history of Quaker settlement. The Friends here were staunch social reformers and abolitionists, many of whom were active participants in the Underground Railroad. The meeting house itself acted as a community gathering place and a center of faith not just for the Friends living in Mount Pleasant, but also for Quakers throughout Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. It was a massive structure that could accommodate up to 2000 people. From its inception until 1909, annual, quarterly, and monthly meetings were held here during which religious and business matters were discussed and debated. Men and women gathered separately from one another at meetings. During such occasions a wooden partition could be lowered from the center of the room to create two equally-sized spaces. This photograph displays the view of the Minister’s Gallery that can be seen from the women’s side of the building. In 1950, the structure was deeded to the State of Ohio and was later restored by the Ohio Historical Society and opened to the public. This picture was taken before restoration efforts had begun. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08202
Subjects: Quakers; Society of Friends; Quaker meeting houses
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph was taken in the summer of 1950 of the youths' galleries in the west (women's) side of the Quaker Meeting House, before restoration. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07952
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Quakers; Architecture
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Spanish windlass and portion of rolled-up partition in attic of Quaker Meeting House, 1921. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07956
Subjects: Quaker meeting houses; Science and technology; Tools
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Society of Friends Meeting House in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, ca. 1880-1889, with two girls walking down the street. The meeting house still serves the Quaker community in the area. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00449
Subjects: Quakers; Society of Friends; Quaker meeting houses; Religion in Ohio
Places: Wilmington (Ohio); Clinton County (Ohio)