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Westtown Friends Meeting House, Westtown School, east side, Westtown, Chester County, PA

Westtown Friends Meeting House, Westtown School, east side, Westtown, ...

Significance: A rare architect-designed meeting house, the Westtown Friends Meeting House was constructed in 1929. Walter F. Price was the architect in charge; Price later designed the Florida Avenue Meeting Ho... More

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...

Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, P...

The documentation for HABS PA-179 belongs to this record. It is incorrectly identified as Quaker Meetinghouse in Haverford, PA. Significance: Built in two parts, the original section of Plymouth Meeting House ... More

Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...

Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More

Friends Meeting House, Mount Holly, New Jersey

Friends Meeting House, Mount Holly, New Jersey

Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Quaker Meeting House, Winchester vic., Frederick County, Virginia

Quaker Meeting House, Winchester vic., Frederick County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Hopewell. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Frances Benjamin Johnston estate; ... More

Quaker Meeting House, Winchester vic., Frederick County, Virginia

Quaker Meeting House, Winchester vic., Frederick County, Virginia

Title from photographer's inventory. Hopewell. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Frances Benjamin Johnston estate; ... More

Early Quaker Meeting house and school, Jamestown, Guilford County, North Carolina

Early Quaker Meeting house and school, Jamestown, Guilford County, Nor...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1819. Brick, Flemish bond. Corresponding reference print in LOT 11839-41. Credit line: Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South, Library of... More

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birmingham, Chester County, PA

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse, Birmingham & Meetinghouse Roads, Birm...

Significance: Wounded British troops were carried to this 1763 Meeting House during the Battle of Brandywine. Survey number: HABS PA-1193 Building/structure dates: 1763 Initial Construction Building/structu... More

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Schoosett Street (Routes 139 & 53), North Pembroke, Plymouth County, MA

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Schoosett Street (Routes 139 & 53), N...

Significance: The Friends Meeting House was the center of Quaker religious society which flourished for 200 years, until the early 1900's. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2 Surve... More

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Township, Marshallton, Chester County, PA

Bradford Friends Meeting House, Northbrook Road, West Bradford Townshi...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Among the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected in 1767, Bradford Meeting House's seemingly unconventional design more closely ... More

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Chester County, PA

Old Kennett Meeting House, U.S. Route 1, 1 mile North of Longwood Gard...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Old Kennett is one of the oldest extant Friends meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, erected sometime between 1718 and 1731. Its single-cell, c... More

Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, Gloucester County, NJ

Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, Gloucester Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NJ-80 Building/structure dates: ca. 1715 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1783 Subsequent Work

Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, Gloucester County, NJ

Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, Gloucester Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NJ-80 Building/structure dates: ca. 1715 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1783 Subsequent Work

Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, Gloucester County, NJ

Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, Gloucester Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Survey number: HABS NJ-80 Building/structure dates: ca. 1715 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1783 Subsequent Work

Nine Partners Meetinghouse, State Route 82 Vicinity, Millbrook, Dutchess County, NY

Nine Partners Meetinghouse, State Route 82 Vicinity, Millbrook, Dutche...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-100 Survey number: HABS NY-4129 Building/structure dates: 1780 Initial Construction

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seaville, Cape May County, NJ

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seavill...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-124 Survey number: HABS NJ-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1716 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Initial Construction Bu... More

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting Road, Numidia, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting Road, Numidia, Col...

Significance: Roaring Creek Meeting House, built in 1795, is of interest for both its log construction and its two-cell design with unequally sized meeting rooms. The latter was indicative of an early English p... More

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

New West Grove Friends Meeting House, State Road, near Guernsey Road, ...

The address was changed from "New Harmony Road" to "State Road, near Guernsey Road" to more accurately reflect its location. 1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Survey number: HABS PA-6665 Buildi... More

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, Chester County, PA

West Grove Friends Meeting House, 153 East Harmony Road, West Grove, C...

Significance: Erected in 1903, West Grove Meeting House is an example of a meeting house type that became common within the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting during the early twentieth century. Friends held an organ... More

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, P...

The documentation for HABS PA-179 belongs to this record. It is incorrectly identified as Quaker Meetinghouse in Haverford, PA. Significance: Built in two parts, the original section of Plymouth Meeting House ... More

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County, PA

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County,...

Significance: Built in 1805, the Darby Meeting House was designed in the prototypical doubled form of the late eighteenth century. It appears unaltered from its original design and includes significant intact a... More

Friends Meeting House, Cor. East Fifteenth Street Stacy 691 B'way

Friends Meeting House, Cor. East Fifteenth Street Stacy 691 B'way

"A no 3" in pencil on back. "Entd. according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by G. Stacy, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of the U.S. for the S'rn Dis. of N.Y." printed below caption. Forms part... More

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Route 41 intersection, Christiana, Lancaster County, PA

Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, Simmontown Road, .25 mile east of Rout...

Significance: Among the earliest extant meeting houses in the Delaware Valley, Sadsbury is a rare example of an early meeting house form. Sadsbury's square shaped plan and three-by-three bay elevations with cen... More

Friends Meetinghouse, Sycamore Avenue, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ

Friends Meetinghouse, Sycamore Avenue, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-489 Survey number: HABS NJ-568

Friends Meetinghouse & School, Rancocas, Burlington County, NJ

Friends Meetinghouse & School, Rancocas, Burlington County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS NJ-130 Building/structure dates: 1772 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1830 Subsequent Work

Friends Meetinghouse & School, Rancocas, Burlington County, NJ

Friends Meetinghouse & School, Rancocas, Burlington County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-39 Survey number: HABS NJ-130 Building/structure dates: 1772 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1830 Subsequent Work

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile north of Pennell Road (Route 452), Lima, Delaware County, PA

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...

Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile north of Pennell Road (Route 452), Lima, Delaware County, PA

Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, Middletown Road, 1 mile ...

Significance: In 1888, the Middletown Preparative Meeting House was significantly altered for the second time in order to conform to changing patterns of meeting house development. Middletown Meeting House was... More

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seaville, Cape May County, NJ

Friends' Meeting House, Shore Road, West side (State Route 9), Seavill...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-124 Survey number: HABS NJ-74 Building/structure dates: ca. 1716 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1727 Initial Construction Bu... More

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, State Route 7, Quaker Street, Schenectady County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, State Route 7, Quaker Street, Schenec...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-146 Survey number: HABS NY-347 Building/structure dates: 1807 Initial Construction

Frankford (Preparative) Friends Meeting House, Corner of Unity & Waln Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Frankford (Preparative) Friends Meeting House, Corner of Unity & Waln ...

Significance: The original portion of the Frankford Preparative Friends Meeting House was erected in 1775-76, making it the oldest Friends meeting house in Philadelphia. Although the construction of meeting hou... More

Quaker Meetinghouse, Downey Street, Wapsinono Creek Vicinity, West Branch, Cedar County, IA
Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks County, PA

Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stone...

Significance: The Exeter Friends Meeting House is a good example of the small stone meeting house built by Quakers in Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this st... More

Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stonersville, Berks County, PA

Exeter Friends Meeting House, State Route 662 (Exeter Township), Stone...

Significance: The Exeter Friends Meeting House is a good example of the small stone meeting house built by Quakers in Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this st... More

Shaker Meetinghouse, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 68 & State Route 33 intersection, Shakertown, Mercer County, KY

Shaker Meetinghouse, South side of Village Road, North of U.S. Route 6...

Survey number: HABS KY-78 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 71000353

London Grove Friends Meeting House, Southwest of Route 926 & Newark Road intersection, Chatham, Chester County, PA

London Grove Friends Meeting House, Southwest of Route 926 & Newark Ro...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N332 Survey number: HABS PA-6232

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Montgomery Avenue & Meetinghouse Lane), Narberth, Montgomery County, PA

Merion Friends Meeting House, 615 Montgomery Avenue (changed from Mont...

Significance: The construction of Merion began as early as 1695 and was completed by 1715, making it the oldest Friends Meeting House in the Delaware Valley. Its near cruciform plan is unprecedented in a Friend... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Evesham Friends Meeting House, Mount Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, Burlington County, NJ

Evesham Friends Meeting House, Mount Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, Burlin...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-68 Survey number: HABS NJ-31 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1798 Subsequent Work

Newtown Square Meeting House, 120 North Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, Delaware County, PA

Newtown Square Meeting House, 120 North Newtown Street Road, Newtown S...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N331 Survey number: HABS PA-6233

West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House, 3500 Lancaster Avenue at Thirty-fifth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House, 3500 Lancaster Avenue at Thir...

Significance: In the nineteenth century, Friends of the middle and upper socio-economic classes left the Center City Philadelphia area and moved out toward the city's suburbs. While the wealthier Friends chose... More

Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting Road, Numidia, Columbia County, PA

Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House, Quaker Meeting Road, Numidia, Col...

Significance: Roaring Creek Meeting House, built in 1795, is of interest for both its log construction and its two-cell design with unequally sized meeting rooms. The latter was indicative of an early English p... More

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, P...

The documentation for HABS PA-179 belongs to this record. It is incorrectly identified as Quaker Meetinghouse in Haverford, PA. Significance: Built in two parts, the original section of Plymouth Meeting House ... More

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, PA

Plymouth Friends Meeting House, Corner of Germantown & Butler Pikes, P...

The documentation for HABS PA-179 belongs to this record. It is incorrectly identified as Quaker Meetinghouse in Haverford, PA. Significance: Built in two parts, the original section of Plymouth Meeting House ... More

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Montgomery County, PA

Upper Providence Friends Meetinghouse, 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks, Mon...

Significance: Upper Providence Meeting House, built in 1828, reflects the early single-cell meeting house form, including the use of the rear carriage or mounting door that had long fallen out of use. The resur... More

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County, PA

Darby Friends Meeting House, 1017 Main Street, Darby, Delaware County,...

Significance: Built in 1805, the Darby Meeting House was designed in the prototypical doubled form of the late eighteenth century. It appears unaltered from its original design and includes significant intact a... More

Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Arch Street Friends Meeting House, 330 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Phil...

Significance: The Philadelphia-area Yearly Meeting of Friends was established in 1681 and was housed in a number of earlier meeting houses prior to the construction of the current building. In 1804, the east wi... More

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