{{short description|Historic church in Maryland, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse | nrhp_type = | image = Sandy Spring Meetinghouse 1936.jpg | caption = Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House in 1936 | location = 17715 Meeting House Road, Sandy Spring, Maryland | coordinates = {{coord|39|8|50|N|77|1|31|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Maryland#USA | built = {{Start date|1817}} | architecture = Federal | added = September 22, 1972 | area = {{convert|9|acre}} | refnum = 72000587<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
The '''Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse''' is a historic building located at Sandy Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a large, Flemish bond brick, Federal-style Quaker Meeting House built in 1817. The meetinghouse is on two acres deeded by James Brooke in the 1750s, for the use of the Quaker Meeting. Nearby is the cemetery where he and many of his descendants were buried.<ref name="mht_ihp">{{cite web|url=https://apps.mht.maryland.gov/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-512.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sandy Spring Friends Meetinghouse|date=February 1972|access-date=2016-01-01 |author=Mrs. Preston Parish|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust}}</ref>
In the mid-1900s a community house was built adjacent, "where first day school" classes and "young friends" meet. The weekly meeting (congregation) was also essential in the formation of Sandy Spring Friends School, and Friends House (an assisted living community), both built nearby on Norwood Road.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.<ref name="nris"/>
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==External links== *{{MHT url|id=96|title=Sandy Spring Friends Meeting House, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 28-11-5}}, including photo in 1996, at Maryland Historical Trust website
{{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland}}
Category:Quaker meeting houses in Maryland Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Category:Churches completed in 1817 Category:Churches in Montgomery County, Maryland Category:National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland Category:Brick buildings and structures in Maryland
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