Central address: 21 Farewell St, Newport, RI 02840, USA
Elevation: 8.365
Time Zone: America/New_York
Latitude: 41° 29' 31.1604'' N
Longitude: 71° 18' 47.1708'' W
The latitude of Great Friends Meeting House is 41.491989, and the longitude is -71.313103. Great Friends Meeting House is located in Newport, United States with the gps coordinates of 41° 29' 31.1604'' N and 71° 18' 47.1708'' W. The category of Great Friends Meeting House is Points Of Interest & Landmarks.
Great Friends Meeting House is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) built in 1699 in Newport, Rhode Island. The meeting house, which is part of the Newport Historic District, is currently open as a museum owned by the Newport Historical Society. It is the oldest surviving house of worship in Rhode Island and features wide-plank floors, plain benches, a balcony, a beam ceiling, and a shingle exterior. Significant additions were made in 1730, 1807, 1857, and 1867. The meeting house was built on land owned by Nicholas Easton who donated his land in the 1670s and likely his house for the first Quaker meeting house which was located nearby on Farewell Street before the current meeting house was built in 1699.
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| Latitude | 41.491989 | Longitude | -71.313103 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 8.365 | DMS Lat | 41° 29' 31.1604'' N |
| DMS Lng | 71° 18' 47.1708'' W | GeoHASH | drmk11rkk7276 |
| UTM Zone | 19T | UTM Easting | 306911.973528691 |
| UTM Northing | 4595957.92824879 | Time Zone | America/New_York |
| Country | United States | State | Rhode Island (RI) |