Clarke Street Meeting House

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Clarke Street Meeting House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Newport, Rhode Island
Coordinates:	41°29′22″N 71°18′51″W / 41.48944, -71.31417Coordinates: 41°29′22″N 71°18′51″W / 41.48944, -71.31417
Built/Founded:	1735
Architect:	Palmer,Cotton
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	January 25, 1971
NRHP Reference#:	71000020 [1]
Governing body:	Private

Clarke Street Meeting House (also known as "Second Congregational Church Newport County" or "Clarke Meetinghouse") is an historic meeting house and Christian church in Newport, Rhode Island.

The meeting house was built in 1735 and served as a Congregational Church although the congregation no longer exists. Ezra Stiles, a former pastor who became president of Yale University lived in the Ezra Stiles House across the street. The church was added to the National Historic Register in 1971.

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