{"nrhp_refnum":"84003407","name":"Society of Friends Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"172-174 Ridge St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glens Falls","county":"Warren County","state":"NY","lat":43.316158795000035,"lon":-73.63148636399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate meeting hall at 172-174 Ridge Street in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, built in 1875 for the Society of Friends (Quakers). It is attributed to architect Marcus F. Cummings and was built by masons Linsey & George Pike.","why_significant":"The hall is argued to be an unusually ornate nineteenth-century Quaker building tied to the long Quaker presence in the Glens Falls area. It is a rare post-Civil War Quaker meeting house with exuberant ornament, and no comparable example exists north of Dutchess County. Its design reflects the wealth of the city's Quaker community and the trend toward greater worldliness among Quakers.","narrative":"Built in 1875 at 172-174 Ridge Street in Glens Falls, this two-story brick meeting hall served the local Society of Friends, whose congregation traced back to the original Queensbury meeting organized in 1767. The gable-end facade has three bays, a heavily molded central entrance, brick pilasters, a molded arcade over tall round-arched windows, and corner buttresses ending in small towers. Inside are twin semicircular staircases, beaded wainscoting, a raised speaker's platform with pulpit, varnished pews and a gallery. The design is attributed to Troy architect Marcus F. Cummings, and masons Linsey and George Pike built it. Its ornament is unusual for a Quaker meeting house; no similar example is known north of Dutchess County. The hall reflects the prosperity of Glens Falls Quaker business families and the movement's growing resemblance to other urban churches. Alterations include a 1910 remodeling of the meeting room and 1973 changes to the doors and basement. It now holds offices and storage.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Attributed to Marcus F. Cummings (architect); Linsey & George Pike, Masons (builder)","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is office space and storage, with the basement converted to offices in 1973; the interior is accessible by appointment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.520745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84003407.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003407/295f4cc4d6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003407/295f4cc4d6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"John Phelan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Society_of_Friends_Hall,_Glens_Falls_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Phelan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Society_of_Friends_Hall,_Glens_Falls_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315353","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Friends_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7552489"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/warren-county/society-of-friends-hall-84003407/"}