Harmony Chapel and Cemetery
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| Location | Harmony, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′20″N 71°36′3″W / 41.88889°N 71.60083°WCoordinates: 41°53′20″N 71°36′3″W / 41.88889°N 71.60083°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 80000098 |
| Added to NRHP | June 25, 1980 |
The Harmony Chapel and Cemetery (also known as "Harmony Meeting House" or "Harmony Cemetery") are a historic church and cemetery in Harmony, Rhode Island, a village in Glocester.
The wood-frame chapel adjacent to the cemetery sits on US Route 44 west of Edgewood Drive. Built as a schoolhouse in c. 1830, it is one of the few Federal-style schoolhouses to survive in the state, and is probably the best-preserved of that period. It was later (by 1870) converted for use as a meeting house (free chapel) for villagers. Residents would occasionally hire ministers to speak and hold various Christian religious ceremonies.
The cemetery behind the chapel was used as a private cemetery by the Steere, Smith and other local families until opened for public use in 1878.
Dr. Patience Steere
Sen. Arthur Steere, Henry J. Steere, Frederick Lewis and family
Seth Hunt Steere
Hannah Steere
Gideon Smith
Lucy Bowen Smith
Lucy Smith Steere
Chico, the monkey
Richard Aldrich family
Richard Aldrich family
Harmony Cemetery and Chapel
Harmony Cemetery
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