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78002195 [1] Added to NRHP. December 8, 1978. Quaker Square was a shopping and dining complex located in downtown Akron, Ohio which is now used by the University of Akron. Quaker Square was the original Quaker Oats factory; the complex consists of the former mill, factory, and silos. The buildings were bought in the early 1970s by developers ...
Added to NRHP. April 1, 1982. The Green Plain Monthly Meetinghouse is a historic former Quaker house of worship near South Charleston in Clark County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1843, [1] it was used by a part of a monthly meeting that was established in the area in 1822. The original Green Plain Monthly Meeting lasted for only a short while ...
A Quaker "Monthly Meeting House" in Waynesville, Ohio. Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). [1] It is one of the seven bodies that represent the five different branches of the Society of Friends in Ohio. [2]
John Woolman. John Woolman (October 19, 1720 ( O.S. )/October 30, 1720 ( N.S.) [ 1] – October 7, 1772) was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era. Based in Mount Holly, near Philadelphia, he traveled through the American frontier to preach Quaker beliefs, and advocate against ...
The Conservative Friends is derived from the Orthodox Friends in the former schism, and in the latter schism, what are now called Conservative Friends were the "Wilburite" branch of Orthodox Friends. Through the schisms, they sought continuity of traditional practices and theological emphases, over new ideas based on outside influences.
Friends meeting house. A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held. Typically, Friends meeting houses are simple and resemble local residential buildings. Steeples, spires, and ornamentation are usually avoided. [citation needed] When Quakers speak of a ...
Quakers (or Friends) are members of a Christian religious movement that started in England as a form of Protestantism in the 17th century, and has spread throughout North America, Central America, Africa, and Australia. Some Quakers originally came to North America to spread their beliefs to the British colonists there, while others came to ...
December 16, 2023 at 4:56 PM. Quaker Chewy Granola Bars. The Quaker Oats Company has announced a recall of over 40 varieties of specific granola bars and granola cereal products following possible ...