Scarsdale
Friends (Quaker)
Monthly Meeting
133 Popham Road, Scarsdale, New York 10583-4327
For recorded information, call: (914) 472-1807
| Historical Sketch |
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Soon after George Fox founded the Religious Society of Friends in
England in 1649, Friends were meeting in a Flushing, Long Island
farmhouse and enduring some persecution from the Dutch authorities. In
1672, Friends who worshipped in Mamaroneck were visited by two of the
men who accompanied George Fox on a trip to the New World.
Mamaroneck
Quakers built a meetinghouse on the Westchester Path (Boston Post Road)
in 1739, but moved it to Scarsdale in 1768 when membership in that area
increased. This became the first building erected for religious
purposes in Scarsdale. About one-third of pre-revolutionary Scarsdale was a Quaker community. Changing patterns of land use found Quakers selling their farms and later their meetinghouses (1911). Remaining Quakers journeyed to Purchase to attend meetings for worship. In 1942, twelve families from Purchase Meeting formed their own local group and met at the home of Friends in Scarsdale. The present meetinghouse was constructed in three stages, in 1949, 1952, and 1962, as the Meeting grew. The small table by the fireplace which holds the Bible was made from a Long Island oak tree under which George Fox stood to preach. If you would like to learn more about the Society of Friends (Quakers), we shall be happy to talk with you.
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Advice and Queries
| Query 11 |
| Do we foster reverence for life? Do we strive to find, to understand, and to remove causes of misery and suffering? Do we, in loving concern, extend assistance to those who require it? |