{"nrhp_refnum":"80004190","name":"Hopewell Friends Meetinghouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Clear Brook off VA 672","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clear Brook","county":"Frederick County","state":"VA","lat":39.256512669000074,"lon":-78.11496160299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story coursed rubble limestone Quaker meeting house, 44 by 63 feet, in Clear Brook, Frederick County, Virginia. The eastern half was completed in 1761 by builder Thomas McClun, and a matching western addition followed in 1794.","why_significant":"It is one of the oldest church buildings in the region and a monument to Virginia's Quaker heritage. It is an early example of the austere stone architecture brought into the Valley of Virginia by Pennsylvania migrants. It has been in continuous religious use since 1761 and is tied to the founding of the Hopewell Quaker settlement.","narrative":"Hopewell Friends Meeting House is a two-story limestone Quaker place of worship near Clear Brook in northern Frederick County, Virginia. Its eastern half was completed in 1761 by builder Thomas McClun, who was paid 68 pounds. Between 1788 and 1794 the building was doubled in size with a western addition that mirrors the original facade. The coursed rubble walls, stone voussoirs over the first-floor openings and plain plastered interior reflect Quaker simplicity. Inside are a tiered gallery and early benches with scrolled ends. The meeting grew from a settlement founded in 1734 by Quakers moving south from Pennsylvania, led by Alexander Ross. A schism in 1827-1828 led to a partition dividing the interior, which was removed when the factions reunited in 1910. That year the weakened east wall was rebuilt with its original stones. The meeting has used the building continuously since 1761, and a walled burying ground adjoins it. The building is considered an early example of Pennsylvania-influenced stone architecture in the Valley of Virginia.","period_of_significance":"1761, 1794","architect_builder":"Thomas McClun (original portion)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In continuous religious use since 1761; condition listed as excellent/good and the property is occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.111731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/6808/41680820/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004190.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004190/9b3a1d09aa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004190/9b3a1d09aa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Sarah Stierch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hopewell_Friends_Meetinghouse_-_Stierch.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Stierch</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hopewell_Friends_Meetinghouse_-_Stierch.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680820","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_Friends_Meeting_House_(Frederick_County,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5900345"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/frederick-county/hopewell-friends-meetinghouse-80004190/"}