Harmony Chapel and Cemetery

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Harmony Chapel and Cemetery
File:Harmony Chapel Rhode Island.JPG
Harmony Chapel and Cemetery is located in Rhode Island
Harmony Chapel and Cemetery
Location Harmony, Rhode Island
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 80000098 [1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1980

The Harmony Chapel and Cemetery (also known as "Harmony Meeting House" or "Harmony Cemetery") are a historic church and cemetery in Harmony, Rhode Island, a village in Glocester.

Overview

The wood-frame chapel adjacent to the cemetery sits on US Route 44 west of Edgewood Drive. Built as a schoolhouse in c. 1830, it is one of the few Federal-style schoolhouses to survive in the state, and is probably the best-preserved of that period. It was later (by 1870) converted for use as a meeting house (free chapel) for villagers.[2] Residents would occasionally hire ministers to speak and hold various Christian religious ceremonies.

The cemetery behind the chapel was used as a private cemetery by the Steere, Smith and other local families until opened for public use in 1878.

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Harmony Chapel and Cemetery, ca. 1905

Notable burials

Images

  • Patience Steere grave.jpg

    Dr. Patience Steere

  • Arthur Steere grave.jpg

    Sen. Arthur Steere, Henry J. Steere, Frederick Lewis and family

  • Seth Hunt Steere grave.jpg

    Seth Hunt Steere

  • Hannah Steere grave.jpg

    Hannah Steere

  • Gideon Smith grave.jpg

    Gideon Smith

  • Lucy Smith grave.jpg

    Lucy Bowen Smith

  • Lucy Steere grave.jpg

    Lucy Smith Steere

  • Harmony Chapel and Cemetery.jpg
  • Chico grave.jpg

    Chico, the monkey

  • Aldrich grave.jpg

    Richard Aldrich family

  • Aldrich grave 1.jpg

    Richard Aldrich family

  • Harmony Chapel and Cemetery RI.jpg

    Harmony Cemetery and Chapel

  • Harmony Chapel and Cemetery Rhode Island.jpg

    Harmony Cemetery

See also

References and external links

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