Built in 1782 by Quakers who had settled Adams, then East Hoosuc, from Smithfield, R.I., and Dartmouth, Mass., in 1769, this meeting house served families coming together from farms in the valley, and the Friends worshipped here for sixty years before the meeting was laid down when they removed to western New York. Susan B. Anthony grew up in this meeting, and from her Quaker background developed her concerns for temperance and freedom for women. Unchanged since 1782, the building displays a variety of handiworks that symbolize the Quaker convincement that each man must be guided by his own inner light.

Photo: William Fischer, Jr.

Photo: William Fischer, Jr.

Photo: William Fischer, Jr.

Adams, Massachusetts · USA