Moving the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse

November 9, 2011, Ceremony at 11:00 a.m.  

Farmington Friends Meetinghouse, 187 County Road 8

If you see a large old Quaker Meetinghouse being moved sedately across a field and road in Farmington, New York, don’t be alarmed. Saved from demolition by a group of concerned citizens five years ago, the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse will be moved to its new home at 230 Sheldon Road on November 9, 2011. The public is invited to a ceremony to celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event at Farmington Friends Meetinghouse, 187 County Road 8, at 11:00 o’clock. Peter Jemison, Historic Site Manager of Ganondagan, will open our program with a traditional Haudenosaunee thanksgiving ceremony.

       Drive to the Friends Meetinghouse along Sheldon Road, to avoid crossing the intersection with County Road 8. (From exit 44 on the Thruway, travel south on Route 332, turn east on Route 96, north on County Road 8, east on Holtz Road, and north on Sheldon Road.)

The 1816 Farmington Meetinghouse

As the site of Genesee Yearly Meeting of Friends, the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse was a national crucible for major reform movements in the nineteenth century.

It stood at the crossroads, symbolically as well as geographically, of activism for African American rights, women’s rights, and Native American rights.

When a windstorm blew the east wall of the Meetinghouse off in February 2006 a grassroots coalition of concerned citizens organized to preserve and restore this important piece of American history.

Under the auspices of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation of Seneca Falls the coalition acquired the Meetinghouse and reached out locally and nationally to acquire the expertise and financing to restore and preserve the Meetinghouse.

Now, through the generosity, dedication and efforts of many groups and individuals the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse has been stabilized and is on the path to restoration.

You can be part of this historic restoration by contributing to the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse. All contributions are welcome. Contact us to learn how you can become part of the Meetinghouse restoration.

Donations may be sent to the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse, P.O. Box 25053, Farmington, New York 14425 or donated on Visa or MasterCard through this website ».