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Great Friends Meeting House

Located In: Newport Historical Society

Seated: 220

Newport Historical Society

Newport Historical Society

Great Friends Meeting House
Address
Newport Historical Society

82 Touro Street Newport, RI 02840

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Capacity

Seated: 220

F&B Options
All catering welcome
Overview

The Great Friends Meeting House, built in 1699, is the oldest surviving house of worship in Rhode Island. Quakers, as they were dubbed by their detractors, were the most influential of Newport’s numerous early congregations. They dominated the political, social, and economic life of the town into the 18th century, and their “plain style” of living was reflected in Newport’s architecture, decorative arts and early landscape.