{"nrhp_refnum":"98001180","name":"Miami Monthly Meeting Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Vicinity of 4th and High Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesville","county":"Warren County","state":"OH","lat":39.529547830500064,"lon":-84.09086849586805,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Religion","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A religious historic district at Fourth and High Streets in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, with three primary buildings, two secondary buildings and a cemetery tied to the Miami Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, dating from 1804 to about 1920.","why_significant":"It is the center of the first Quaker monthly meeting in southwestern Ohio with independent authority for business, founded in 1803. From there Quakerism spread across western Ohio and Indiana. The meeting houses also illustrate Quaker design and the split between Hicksite and Orthodox branches.","narrative":"At the crest of a hill at Fourth and High Streets in Waynesville, Ohio, a cluster of Quaker buildings marks the center of the Miami Monthly Meeting, organized in 1803 as the first monthly meeting in southwestern Ohio with independent authority for business. The district includes the White Brick Meeting House of 1811, the Red Brick Meeting House of 1836 built by the Orthodox branch, the Friends Cemetery established in 1804, the 1905 Friends Home, a bank barn and a garage. The White Brick retains its plain brick walls, a paneled partition dividing men's and women's halves, and facing benches for elders. The cemetery holds simple markers, and its ownership was split between Orthodox and Hicksite members in 1877. The Friends Home shows restrained Classical Revival detailing. The meeting drew hundreds of Quaker families from the South and East in its early years, and Quakerism spread across western Ohio and Indiana from here. The district was recognized for its religious and architectural importance.","period_of_significance":"1804-1948","architect_builder":"Satterthwaite, John","architectural_style":"No style; Late 19th-Early 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The White Brick Meeting House is still used for worship by the Hicksite branch. The Red Brick Meeting House serves as a social hall with two apartments at the rear. The Friends Home is licensed as an adult care facility with 16 units.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.78199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/98001180.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991877","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/warren-county/miami-monthly-meeting-historic-district-98001180/"}