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Building dated 1818. Back: "Grange Meeting House Ireland." "Women's Meeting Room at Friends Meeting House Grange (?) Co. Tyrone. 22vi1891." This meeting house was built between 1817 and 1818 and was still in existence in 2004.

Photo from "Friends' Missionary Advocate." Also features picture of "Seaside Chapel and Cottage." Transcription of the article: "Our Illustrations.' Below we give two pictures of buildings in Jamaica belonging to the work under the auspices of the Home and Foreign Missionary Board of Iowa Yearly Meeting. We have a number of others, and found difficulty in making selections, as all of them would be interesting to the home workers. We are impressed with the good sense of our missionaries, as well as of the Board in putting up needed buildings without needless expense. Suitable buildings are a necessity in missionary work, but sometimes it is possible to put so much in 'brick and mortar' that little is left for real evangelistic work. What is suitable in one country and climate, is not suited to every other country and climate. We have looked with special interest on this 'thatched' and 'wattled' meeting-house, such as the natives themselves can construct and is also the kind may of them live in, only, we are assured that not all native residences look as well as does this house for worship. It reminds us of descriptions we have read of temples for worship in many of the islands of the sea, built by the natives in a very few day's time and capable of seating several thousands of people; and within their rustic walls a pure gospel has been effectively preached to fierce cannibals and savage warriors, who have knelt under the power of the of the Spirit, and accepted Christ for their Savior. We append descriptions of these buildings furnished by G.L. Farr. We have also a beautiful selection of pictures sent us by the missionaries under the care of the W.F.M.S. of Iowa Yearly Meeting, from which we will make selections for the Advocate at the future time. - E.C.A. 'Dillon "Meeting House."' The picture gives a better idea than any description can of a 'thatched' roof, and walls 'wattled' with split bamboo. This thatch is coconut limbs and is only temporary. We hope soon to have the people put on good 'palm thatch, ' leaves like palm leaf fans, only two or three feet across, which will last fifteen years. At the corner is Charles Sylva, one of the 'pillars' in our church, who with Arthur Farr has charge of the work there. 'Seaside Chapel and Cottage' The Chapel is 30x50 feet, and seats 300. The basement is divided by a stone partition, making a school roon two-thirds the size, and a smaller room which is used for evening meetings, etc. The school room is furnished with American desks, and is said by the inspectors to be one of the best equipped elementary school rooms in the Island. The entrance for the children is under the chapel steps. The children's play-ground is in the foreground of the picture."

Building dated 1889. Back: "Lurgan Meeting House Ireland." "Friends old Meeting House - Lurgan. Co. Armagh. 27 vi 1889." The first meeting house at Lurgan was built in 1689. A new building was erected in 1889 which was sold in 1995.

Building dated 1889. Back: "Lurgan Meeting House Ireland." "Friends new Meeting House. Lurgan. Co. Armagh. 20 ix 1890." The first meeting house at Lurgan was built in 1689. A new building was erected in 1889 which was sold in 1995.

Building dated 1783. Back: "Rathfriland Meeting House. Ireland." "Interior of Friends Meeting House. Rathfriland. Co. Down. 9 vi 1896." In 1783 a meeting house was built to replace the original, built in 1722. This meeting was laid down in 1881.

Building dated 1889. Front: "Lurgan Meeting House, Ireland." The first meeting house at Lurgan was built in 1689. A new building was erected in 1889 which was sold in 1995.

Building dated 1748. Back: "Moate Meeting House. Ireland." "Friends Meeting House. Moate Co. Westmeath 17 vii 1895." The original meeting house, built in 1694, was replaced in 1748 and it was demolished in 1921.

Building dated 1793. Back: "Richhill Meeting House. Ireland." "Friends Meeting House, Richhill Co. Armagh. 22 v 1897." The landlord of the town of Richhill believed that the presence of Friends would benefit his town, so offered a plot of land for the meeting house and burial ground in 1793. The meeting house was built that same year.

Building dated 1748. Back: "Moate Meeting House. Ireland." "Interior of Friends Meeting House. Moate Co. Westmeath 17 vii 1895." The original meeting house, built in 1694, was replaced in 1748 and it was demolished in 1921.

Building dated circa 1920. Back: "Meeting House. Tokyo, Japan built ca. 1920."