Old Indian Meeting House

Old Indian Meeting House
Old Indian Meeting House
Old Indian Meeting House is located in Massachusetts
Location: Mashpee, Massachusetts
Coordinates: 41°37′28″N 70°28′45″W / 41.62444°N 70.47917°W / 41.62444; -70.47917Coordinates: 41°37′28″N 70°28′45″W / 41.62444°N 70.47917°W / 41.62444; -70.47917
Built: 1684
Architect: Hinckley, Deacon John
Architectural style: Colonial, Greek Revival, Italianate
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#:

98001383

[1]
Added to NRHP: December 3, 1998
See also: List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts

Old Indian Meeting House (also known as Old Indian Church) is a historic meeting house at 410 Meetinghouse Road in Mashpee, Massachusetts. The meetinghouse is the oldest Native American church in the eastern United States and the oldest church on Cape Cod.[2][3]

The church was built in 1684 by Deacon John Hinckley on the site of an earlier Indian meetinghouse built in 1670. It was used by the Wampanoag Native Americans as a Christian church.[1] In 1717 the church was moved from its original location in the town to its current one, and the building was remodeled.[4] The building also served as a school. In the late eighteenth century, a cemetery ("burial ground") was founded on the church grounds.[1] The site was re-dedicated in 1923 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] The meetinghouse is still used by the Wampanoag tribe for services.

Old Indian Meeting House in 2009

See also

  • Oldest churches in the United States

References

  1. ^ a b c d "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ma/Barnstable/state3.html. 
  2. ^ Rudy Mitchell, "New England's Native Americans," Emmanuel Research Review, Issue No. 32, November 2007
  3. ^ Genealogy Magazine
  4. ^ Massachusetts:A Guide to Its Places and People, Federal Writers Project,(U.S. History Publishers) pg. 594 ISBN 1603540202
v · d · eU.S. National Register of Historic Places
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