{"nrhp_refnum":"89000299","name":"Creek Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Salt Point Tnpk./Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton Corners","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.83154275600003,"lon":-73.76159930899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story fieldstone Quaker meeting house and adjoining Friends' cemetery on Salt Point Turnpike in the hamlet of Clinton Corners, Dutchess County, New York. The meeting house was built between 1777 and 1782 by the Creek Friends themselves.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of a traditional two-story galleried Quaker meeting house and one of the earliest surviving meeting houses in the country. It is distinctive for its stone construction and large size, and it records the growth of Quakerism in Dutchess County. The cemetery adds to its setting and association with the early meeting.","narrative":"Built between 1777 and 1782 of local fieldstone, this two-story meeting house and its surrounding burial ground sit in the hamlet of Clinton Corners. Quakers who lived across Wappingers Creek from the Nine Partners meeting began construction in 1777, and wartime hardships slowed the work for five years. The building is large for its type, with a gabled roof, two entrances on the long south side, and upper windows set under the eave to light a tiered gallery. Its plain design reflects Quaker values of simplicity and equality. After the 1828 split among Friends, the Hicksite group kept the building, and in the early twentieth century a local Grange took it over. The interior has been opened up and fitted with new floors, a stage and a kitchen, though original columns, gallery beams and several benches remain. The cemetery holds over 100 plain marble markers dating from the late 1700s through the 1800s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Builder unknown; construction carried out by the meeting","architectural_style":"Traditional Quaker two-story galleried meeting house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Meeting house in use as a Grange hall, in good condition, with a heavily altered interior; the cemetery is owned by a cemetery association.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.276142-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89000299.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000299/e9a1957c1e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000299/e9a1957c1e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creek_Meeting_House_and_Friends%27_Cemetery_Nov_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creek_Meeting_House_and_Friends%27_Cemetery_Nov_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312684","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creek_Meeting_House_and_Friends%27_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5183855"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/creek-meeting-house-and-friends-cemetery-89000299/"}