Located at 4 Old Portsmouth Road Amesbury, Mass. 01913
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Rocky Hill Meeting House Amesbury
From Stearns Family Photo Collection sent by Ruthie Stearns Please ask for permission to post or copy photo
Rocky Hill Meeting House is run by Historic New England one of the best preserved examples of an original eighteenth-century
meeting house interior. It was built in 1785, replacing a c. 1715
meeting house for the West Parish of Salisbury. Rocky Hill Meeting
House was strategically placed along the only road that crossed the
swift Powow River (via ferry) and led travelers to the Salisbury Point
area, and then onward toward Portsmouth. In fact, George Washington
paused here to greet the townspeople on his northward journey in 1789. See Article by Historic New England Location, Location, Location
Located at 4 Old Portsmouth Road Amesbury, Mass. 01913
Located at 4 Old Portsmouth Road Amesbury, Mass. 01913
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The RH meeting house was prominently located facing the Portsmouth road as you traveled north from Point Shore ferry crossing over the Merrimack River from Newburyport, east of the Pow Wow. Portsmouth road was bisected by route 495 in 1963 and the historical link was severed.
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