Harmony Chapel and Cemetery
Harmony Chapel and Cemetery | |
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Location | Harmony, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°53′20″N 71°36′3″W / 41.88889°N 71.60083°WCoordinates: 41°53′20″N 71°36′3″W / 41.88889°N 71.60083°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Architect | Unknown |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP Reference # | 80000098 [1] |
Added to NRHP | June 25, 1980 |
The Harmony Chapel and Cemetery (also known as "Harmony Meeting House" or "Harmony Cemetery") are a historic church and cemetery in Harmony, Rhode Island, a village in Glocester.
Overview
The wood-frame chapel adjacent to the cemetery sits on US Route 44 west of Edgewood Drive. Built as a schoolhouse in c. 1830, it is one of the few Federal-style schoolhouses to survive in the state, and is probably the best-preserved of that period. It was later (by 1870) converted for use as a meeting house (free chapel) for villagers.[2] Residents would occasionally hire ministers to speak and hold various Christian religious ceremonies.
The cemetery behind the chapel was used as a private cemetery by the Steere, Smith and other local families until opened for public use in 1878.
Notable burials
- Arthur Steere, businessman, politician
Images
- Dr. Patience Steere
- Sen. Arthur Steere, Henry J. Steere, Frederick Lewis and family
- Seth Hunt Steere
- Hannah Steere
- Gideon Smith
- Lucy Bowen Smith
- Lucy Smith Steere
- Chico, the monkey
- Richard Aldrich family
- Richard Aldrich family
- Harmony Cemetery and Chapel
- Harmony Cemetery
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harmony Chapel and Cemetery. |
References and external links
- Friends of Harmony Village information and pictures of the chapel
- Harmony and Glocester Historical Information
- ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Harmony Chapel and Cemetery" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-16.