National Register of Historic Places

Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery

Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana
Listed
September 21, 2000
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
00001137

About this property

Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery is a historic Quaker meeting house and cemetery located in Guilford Township, Hendricks County, Indiana. The meeting house was built in 1870, and enlarged in the late-1870s or early-1880s. It is a one-story, rectangular brick building with a gable roof and connected to other buildings by a covered porch. Also on the property are the contributing school house, privy, and storage shed. The cemetery includes burials dating from the 1840s to 1960s. The meetinghouse interior is split into two rooms of the same size and layout for male and female congregants. The partition wall between them has wooden panels which can be opened or closed. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. As of 2013, the meetinghouse was used occasionally by a local Quaker group and had been restored without modern plumbing, lights, or air conditioning.

Location

Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana
39.67488, -86.40022

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTRELIGIONARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 2000.

What type of historic resource is Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery?

Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery?

The period of significance for Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery is recorded as the industrial era.

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