Built in the 1830s as a one-room schoolhouse, the core of this structure was moved to this site in 1867. Originally used as a Sunday school affiliated with Rye's Christ's Church, it was transformed into a chapel through a series of additions, culminating with a bell tower in 1877. The south wing, built in 1875, housed a circulating library. Known as Grace Chapel or Milton Chapel, the wood building is a simple example of the Gothic Revival style. Its second bell dates to 1888. In 1959, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) purchased the building for use as its Meeting House. In 2002 the property was purchased by the City of Rye and is now operated by the Bird Homestead Preservation Trust as a historic, environmental, and educational site.