Waterford in Loudoun County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Fairfax Meeting of Friends

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

1. Fairfax Meeting of Friends Marker

Inscription. This building
Erected 1761 • Enlarged 1771
Restored 1868
Sheltered the
Fairfax Meeting of Friends
Formed in Waterford 1733
Monthly meeting set up 1745
Quarterly meeting set up 1758
Monthly meeting laid down 1929

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Colonial Era.

Location. 39° 11.181′ N, 77° 36.385′ W. Marker is in Waterford, Virginia, in Loudoun County. Marker is at the intersection of Loyalty Road (Virginia Route 665) and Old Waterford Road (Virginia Route 698), on the right when traveling east on Loyalty Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waterford VA 20197, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Old School (approx. 0.2 miles away); Waterford Baptist Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Waterford (approx. ¼ mile away); Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Loudoun County (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Second Street School (approx. 0.4 miles away); Bond Street Barn, Waterford (approx. 0.4 miles away); Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Waterford (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waterford.

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“Waterford's original Quaker meeting house was built in the 1740s from logs. In 1761, Waterford's Quakers replaced the original meeting house with the right half of this building. Ten years later, they doubled the size of the meeting house to 36 feet by 72 feet with the addition of the left side… The building has been used as a residence since 1939.”

Also see . . . Waterford's Pioneering Quakers. Waterford VA website entry (Submitted on April 7, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

2. Fairfax Meeting of Friends Marker

Old Fairfax Meeting House image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

3. Old Fairfax Meeting House

Close-up of image on marker

Old Fairfax Meeting House<br>South Façade image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

4. Old Fairfax Meeting House
South Façade

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

5. Old Fairfax Meeting House

The east end of the Meeting House, on the right in this photo, replaced a log structure in 1761. The western end was added a decade later.

Old Fairfax Meeting House<br>North Façade image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

6. Old Fairfax Meeting House
North Façade

Waterford Quaker Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

7. Waterford Quaker Cemetery

William Hough image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Allen C. Browne, February 26, 2018

8. William Hough

Virginia
Pvt. Va. Inf. Rev. War
Born Nov. 24, 1744
Died Feb. 18, 1815 Headstone in the Quaker Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on April 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 360 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 27, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. 7, 8. submitted on March 1, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.