Coordinates: 35°17′37″N 96°55′28″W / 35.2937°N 96.9244°W / 35.2937; -96.9244

Shawnee Friends Mission

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Shawnee Friends Mission
The church in 2017
Nearest cityShawnee, Oklahoma
Coordinates35°17′37″N 96°55′28″W / 35.2937°N 96.9244°W / 35.2937; -96.9244
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc.1880
NRHP reference No.73001569[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 7, 1973

The Shawnee Friends Mission is a historic Quaker mission and meeting house south of Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was built around 1880 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] Mission work by the Society of Friends began around 1871. The Friends Meeting House, built was built around 1880 and survives in good condition in 1972.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Kent Ruth (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shawnee Friends Mission / Friends Meeting House". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1973