PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Friends Meeting will celebrate the first anniversary of the purchase of a new meetinghouse with an open house and ice-cream sundae party from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The public is invited to tour the meetinghouse at 1841 Sheridan St.
The group — officially members of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers — also will showcase the newly completed kitchen, which was built from scratch in a side room off the main room.
The group purchased the former Church of Christ building for $250,000 in August 2014.
Much of the money was pledged within a week of the news that the structure was for sale, according to Caroline Wildflower, clerk of the Meetinghouse Committee for the Port Townsend Friends Meeting.
Before buying the structure, the group, made up of about 50 members, had met at the Port Townsend Community Center for more than a dozen years.
Now, it has 2,280 square feet and a main worship room with a 75-person capacity and large windows.
The only aspect missing from the building when it was purchased was a kitchen.
Now, that is in place, too.
For more information, phone Wildflower at 360-379-5376.
