Rye Meeting House, also known as Milton Mission Chapel, Grace Chapel, and the Friends Meeting House, is a historic

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located at

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. The property is adjacent to the Bird Homestead. It is a one-story, wood-frame building on a stone foundation with two main volumes, a nave and an asymmetrical

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. The exterior is sheathed in clapboard and shingles and exhibits characteristics of the

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. The front facade features a -story

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. The building was built in the 1830s as a school house. It was moved to its present site in 1867, and enlarged in 1871, 1875, and 1877. At the time, the church was a mission church of nearby Christ's Church, an Episcopal church. The Quakers obtained the property in 1959. The property was deeded to the city of Rye in 2002. It was added to the

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in 2011. In 2015, The

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selected the historic restoration work completed on Rye Meeting House to receive an ''Excellence in Historic Preservation'' award.

"Rye Meeting House: Sustainable Preservation, Ecology and Conservation to be honored"
''readMedia Newswire'', 04-27-2015.

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Rye Patch blog: What Should the City Do with the Friends Meeting House?Clemco Construction: 2015 Historic Restoration of Rye Meeting House
Quaker meeting houses in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1877 Victorian architecture in New York (state) Churches in Westchester County, New York Buildings and structures in Rye, New York National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York {{NewYork-church-stub

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