Sandy Spring in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site

Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 11, 2013

1. Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site Marker

Inscription.
1753
First Sandy Spring Meeting
of Record of The
Religious Society of Friends
held in this grove
1817
Present Building Erected
1953
Bicentennial Commemoration
by
Sandy Spring Meeting United
"God dwells not in temples made with hands
but in human hearts"
George Fox

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Churches & Religion. In addition, it is included in the Quakerism series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1753.

Location. 39° 8.839′ N, 77° 1.525′ W. Marker is in Sandy Spring, Maryland, in Montgomery County. Marker is on Meeting House Road, on the left when traveling south. Located .3 miles south of Olney/Sandy Spring Road (MD 108). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring MD 20860, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. History of the Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House (here, next to this marker); Votes for Women (approx. ¼ mile away); Olney Inn Gas Lanterns (approx. ¼ mile away); The Sandy Spring Ash Tree (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Sandy Spring (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hallowed Ground

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Mutual Memorial Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Olive Branch Community Church / The Awkards and Smith Families (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sandy Spring.

Regarding Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site.
National Register of Historic Places:
Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse (added 1972 - - #72000587)
Also known as Sandy Spring Meeting;Friends Meeting House;
Meetinghouse Lane and MD 108 , Sandy Spring
♦ Historic Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
♦ Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
♦ Architectural Style: Federal
♦ Historic Person: Hicks,Elias,et al.
♦ Significant Year: 1828, 1817

♦ Area of Significance: Invention, Architecture, Religion
♦ Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1800-1824
♦ Owner: Private
♦ Historic Function: Religion
♦ Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
♦ Current Function: Religion
♦ Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

Also see . . . Quaker Center. The Religious Society
Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 11, 2013

2. Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site Marker, seen at far left
of Friends began in England in the 17th century.... (Submitted on August 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site as seen today image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud, August 11, 2013

3. Sandy Spring Friends Meeting Site as seen today

Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 440 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 15, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.