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Long Society Meetinghouse
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| Nearest city: | Preston, Connecticut |
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| Area: | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built: | 1819 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 76001996[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 22, 1976 |
Long Society Meetinghouse is a historic meetinghouse in the village of Long Society in the town of Preston, Connecticut. It is one of only about a dozen surviving colonial "broad side" meeting houses, and is last example surviving in Connecticut.[2]
The meeting house was built from 1817 to 1819 on the site of an earlier meetinghouse, incorporating some elements of the earlier building. The meeting house was used both as a church and for civic functions, the reason for its plain, not overtly religious appearance.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
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