Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse
Indiana, United States
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Walnut Ridge Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana, with a complex architectural history reflecting the building's resilience and evolving community needs. Originally constructed as a log cabin in 1826 and formally recognized by the Duck Creek Quakers as a meetinghouse in 1827, the structure was destroyed by fire in 1864—reportedly by Southern sympathizers linked to the Knights of the Golden Circle, retaliating against the Quakers' involvement in the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. The present one-story brick building, erected in 1866 in vernacular Italianate style, features a moderately pitched gable roof and a distinctive projecting octagonal entrance bay added in 1890 during an extensive renovation. The building underwent further remodeling in 1972 and received a fellowship room addition in 1976. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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- Quaker meeting house
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Indiana, United States
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