The Manhasset Meeting House was constructed and completed in 1720, and it was located in very close vicinity of the current meeting house. According to the Hempstead Town Records (Vol 3, p. 293), Joseph Latham sold the Meeting House for six pounds. The Meeting House maintained similar structure until 1780, despite a few minor repairs in 1755 and 1763, where an additional half acre was purchased from Adrian Onderdonk for nine pounds and eight shillings. In 1782, Hessian soldiers occupied the Meeting House, until members of the Society of Friends protested to English Governor-General Robertson. Colonel Wormb then was forced to evacuate his soldiers and himself from the House. In 1812, the Old Meeting House was destroyed, and these materials were used to build the current