Harmony Chapel and Cemetery

Historic site in Providence County, Rhode Island, US

United States historic place


Harmony Chapel and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


41°53′20″N 71°36′01″W / 41.88889°N 71.60028°W / 41.88889; -71.60028
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	80000098 ^[1]
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.

Overview

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.^[2] 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.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "NRHP nomination for Harmony Chapel and Cemetery" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved September 16, 2014.