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The Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House is a historic Friends meeting house located near the community of Colerain, Ohio, United States. Constructed in 1815 for a group formed in 1801, it has been named a historic site. Founded as "Concord", Colerain was the second community to be founded in present-day Belmont County.
Ohio Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House, east of Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio; Green Plain Monthly Meetinghouse, South Charleston, Clark County; Mount Pleasant Friends Meeting House, Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County; Wilmington Friends Meeting House, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio [11] Pennsylvania See also Friends meeting houses in ...
In the late 17th century, Welsh Quaker Richard Davies (1635–1708) described his experience meeting Friends outdoors: I went to visit [four] young men, my former companions in profession of religion. Two of them were convinced [Quakers]...we agreed to meet together; but none of us had a house of his own to meet in.
Pages in category "Quaker meeting houses in Ohio" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Quakers were at the center of the movement to abolish slavery in the early United States; it is no coincidence that Pennsylvania, center of American Quakerism, was the first state to abolish slavery. In the antebellum period, "Quaker meeting houses [in Philadelphia] ...had sheltered abolitionists for generations." [2]: 1
Colerain / ˈ k oʊ l r eɪ n / [1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States. [2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43916. [ 3 ] It lies along U.S. Route 250 .
A former Kroger site in Colerain Township will see new life as a discount store. In early 2020, Kroger announced it would close the 6401 Colerain Ave. store. The supermarket giant at the time ...
In Europe, there are Conservative Quaker groups in the United Kingdom, while individual members reside in other countries too. [17] [18] As of 2019, the Ohio Yearly Meeting includes affiliated local meetings in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Athens, Greece.