Little Falls Meetinghouse
Historic church in Maryland, United States
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The Little Falls Meetinghouse is a historic Friends meeting house located at Fallston, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It was constructed in 1843 and is a sprawling one-story fieldstone structure with shallow-pitched gable roof and a shed-roofed porch. The building replaced an earlier meetinghouse built in 1773. Also on the property is a cemetery and a one-story frame mid-19th century school building, with additions made post-1898 and in 1975. It features the characteristic two entrance doors and a sliding partition dividing the interior into the men's and women's sides.[2] The Friends currently meet on the former men's side of the meetinghouse, and the women's side is only used for large groups and special occasions.
Little Falls Meetinghouse | |
Little Falls Meetinghouse in 1936 | |
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| Location | Old Fallston Rd., Fallston, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°30′33″N 76°24′23″W |
| Area | 3.4 acres (1.4 ha) |
| Built | 1843 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001818[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1980 |
The Little Falls Meetinghouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
Notable people
- Elisha Tyson, devoted emancipator and abolitionist
- Martha Ellicott Tyson, Quaker elder, author and co-founder of Swarthmore College