East Sandwich in Barnstable County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Sandwich Meeting of Friends

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, September 21, 2019

1. Sandwich Meeting of Friends Marker

Inscription.
Sandwich Monthly Meeting of Friends, established in 1657, is the oldest continuous Quaker meeting in North America. It consists
of congregations here, in West Falmouth and in Yarmouth.

This meetinghouse, the third on this site, was built in 1810.
Meetings for worship are held here at 10:00am each Sunday.

Meeting for worship are also held each Sunday throughout the
Year at 10:00am at the South Yarmouth Meetinghouse and
10;00am at the West Falmouth Meetinghouse.

Visitors are always Welcome

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list.

Location. 41° 44.808′ N, 70° 27.529′ W. Marker is in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in Barnstable County. It is in East Sandwich. It can be reached from Quaker Road 0.1 miles north of Spring Hill Rd. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Barnstable MA 02630, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Massachusetts’

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Cape Cod.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Our Fallen Heroes in The World War (approx. 2.1 miles away); Site of the Sandwich Academy (approx. 2.1 miles away); First Church of Christ / The Dexter Grist Mill (approx. 2.3 miles away); Dexter’s Grist Mill (approx. 2.3 miles away); Sandwich Town Hall/Mill Creek (approx. 2.3 miles away); Lest We Forget (approx. 2.3 miles away); Sandwich Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 2.3 miles away); Sandwich Civil War Monument (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandwich.

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, September 21, 2019

2. Sandwich Meeting of Friends Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2019. This page has been viewed 859 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on January 8, 2025. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 3, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.