Mount Pleasant's Quaker Yearly Meeting House

Before the Mount Pleasant Quaker Yearly Meeting House was built, the Short Creek Meeting House was erected in 1806. The first Ohio Yearly Meeting was held at Short Creek in 1813, which was located half of a mile West of Mount Pleasant.

In 1814 and 1815, the Mount Pleasant Quaker Meeting House was erected and completed, respectively. This large meeting house could accomodate 2,000 people. It was used for the yearly meetings following Short Creek as well as general purposes. It became the largest place for public gatherings in the county.

This meeting house was constructed with 24” brick walls and the base was 28” thick. Each column inside was carved from single logs. The building materials used to construct this large meeting house were all collected and fabricated from the surrounding countryside.

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Steubenville Visitor Center. Village of Mt. Pleasant & Quaker Meeting House, VisitSteubenville.com. Accessed April 27th 2020. https://www.visitsteubenville.com/what-to-do/historic-sites-museums/village-of-mt-pleasant-quaker-meeting-house/.

Doyle, Joseph Beatty. 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Publisher Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1910.