Dover Friends Meetinghouse

The Dover Religious Society of Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at 141 Central Avenue (New Hampshire Route 108) in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.

Built in 1768 for a congregation established in the 17th century, it is the only surviving 18th-century Quaker meetinghouse in the state.

Features distinctive to 18th-century Quaker meetinghouses include paired entrances on the long facade (for gender segregation), the removable partition wall at the center of the main chamber, and a crosswise bench for the congregation's elders.

[2] Quakers first began to arrive in the Dover area in 1662, and were met with strong resistance from the dominant Puritan authorities.

This building was the scene of regular worship until 1912, when dwindling membership prompted its closure.