Shawnee Friends Mission

The Shawnee Friends Mission is a historic Quaker mission and meeting house south of Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was built around 1880 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

Shawnee Friends Mission
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The church in 2017
Nearest city	Shawnee, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35.2937°N 96.9244°W
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	c.1880
NRHP reference No.	73001569[1]
Added to NRHP	March 7, 1973

Mission work by the Society of Friends began around 1871. The Friends Meeting House, built was built around 1880 and survives in good condition in 1972.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Kent Ruth (February 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shawnee Friends Mission / Friends Meeting House". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1973