Built about 1785, and not used as a church after 1840, it has the best-preserved example of an original 18th-century meeting house interior in New England.

The Rocky Hill Meeting House is located east of downtown Amesbury, on Old Portsmouth Road, now a short spur between Elm Street and Interstate 495.

It is a roughly square 2-1/2 story timber frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.

George Washington greeted local townspeople in this meeting house on his northward journey in 1789.

[2] Its interior has remained virtually unchanged since it was constructed, with the original high pulpit, pentagonal sounding board, deacon's desk, marbleized columns, box pews (complete with graffiti and foot warmers), unfinished stairs to the gallery, and sloping gallery on three sides.