{"nrhp_refnum":"76001231","name":"Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Piping Rock and Duck Pond Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Locust Valley","county":"Nassau County","state":"NY","lat":40.866363368000066,"lon":-73.59428681799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-07-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Quaker meeting house built in 1725 on a knoll at Piping Rock and Duck Pond Roads in Locust Valley, Nassau County, New York, with a nearby Quaker burial ground and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a historic and architectural landmark of early Quaker history in colonial New York. It is described as one of the two finest surviving examples of simple, austere Quaker architecture on Long Island, with a largely unaltered interior. Its continuous use as a house of worship for over 250 years adds to its importance.","narrative":"Built in 1725, this shingled frame meeting house sits on a knoll in Locust Valley, Long Island, and served Quakers from the Matinecock and Oyster Bay area. The two-story building rests on a natural stone foundation under a steep gable roof, with a raised porch across the front. Inside, painted plank walls, octagonal chamfered posts supporting a gallery, and a sliding partition that could divide men's and women's meetings remained nearly unchanged. Two cast iron stoves were kept even after modern heating was added. The traveling Quaker minister Thomas Chalkley urged local Friends to build it in 1724, and funds were collected by Thomas Pearsall and Samuel Underhill. Along with the Flushing meeting house, it is described as among the finest surviving examples of plain Quaker architecture on Long Island. A burial ground across the road, a carriage shed, a shed and two privies are part of the property. Later papers in the file record that fire largely destroyed the building in December 1985.","period_of_significance":"1725","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Simple Quaker meeting house design","criteria":[],"status_note":"At nomination (1976) the building was occupied and in use as a house of worship. Later correspondence in the file reports it was largely destroyed by fire on December 5, 1985, with rebuilding efforts planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.052492-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/76001231.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001231/b3abb94f6c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001231/b3abb94f6c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jmsteinberg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matinecock_Meeting_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jmsteinberg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matinecock_Meeting_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matinecock_Friends_Meetinghouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6787561"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/nassau-county/matinecock-friends-meetinghouse-76001231/"}