Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse
Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse | |
 Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse, October 2011 | |
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| Location | West of Carthage, Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°43′41″N 85°36′48″W / 39.72806°N 85.61333°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1827, 1866, 1890, 1972, 1976 |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001616[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 1984 |
Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana. It was originally built in 1826 as a log cabin, burned in 1864, and rebuilt in 1866. The present building is a one-story, vernacular Italianate style brick building with a moderately pitched gable roof. It features a projecting octagonal entrance bay added in 1890 at the time of an extensive renovation.
The Duck Creek Quakers granted permission to use the new log cabin as a formal Meetinghouse in 1827.[2][3]: 2–3
Toward the end of the Civil War, the Quaker role in the Underground Railroad led to Southern sympathisers assumed to be associated with the Knights of the Golden Circle burning the Walnut Ridge meetinghouse.[4]
The building was remodeled in 1972 and a fellowship room addition constructed in 1976. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ http://www.hcgs.net/quakers.html
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Loyall J. Hunt (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
- ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/1547d9eb-9720-4779-8f2e-ffcf092369d9M.
- ^ https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/fb34e8332923c2a27517af783adfaebd.pdf
- Quaker meeting houses in Indiana
- 1827 establishments in Indiana
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Italianate architecture in Indiana
- Churches completed in 1866
- Buildings and structures in Rush County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Rush County, Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs