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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

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

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

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Stree...

Significance: Although constructed almost thirty years after the ca. 1827 separation, the Race Street Friends Meeting House is a tangible reminder of the controversy caused by differing interpretations of Quake... More

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Stree...

Significance: Although constructed almost thirty years after the ca. 1827 separation, the Race Street Friends Meeting House is a tangible reminder of the controversy caused by differing interpretations of Quake... 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

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

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

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

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

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga Roads, Ithan, Delaware County, PA

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga R...

Significance: Constructed largely in 1718, Radnor is one of the oldest standing meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its form captures patterns of American Friends Meeting House development that are extant in... More

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga Roads, Ithan, Delaware County, PA

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga R...

Significance: Constructed largely in 1718, Radnor is one of the oldest standing meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its form captures patterns of American Friends Meeting House development that are extant in... More

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

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

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

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

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

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Delaware County, PA

Chichester Friends Meeting House, 611 Meetinghouse Road, Boothwyn, Del...

Significance: Chichester Meeting House is a well-preserved and unusual example of eighteenth-century Quaker meeting-house architecture in the Delaware Valley. Erected between 1769 and 1771, the building follows... 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

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

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

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, 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

Old Friends Meetinghouse, Main Street, Greenwich, Cumberland County, NJ

Old Friends Meetinghouse, Main Street, Greenwich, Cumberland County, N...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-79 Survey number: HABS NJ-105 Building/structure dates: 1779 Initial Construction

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

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 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

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, New York County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, New Yo...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS NY-4-1

Friends Meetinghouse, Great Road, Saylesville, Providence County, RI

Friends Meetinghouse, Great Road, Saylesville, Providence County, RI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS RI-17 Building/structure dates: 1703 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Subsequent Work

Friends Meetinghouse, Great Road, Saylesville, Providence County, RI

Friends Meetinghouse, Great Road, Saylesville, Providence County, RI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS RI-17 Building/structure dates: 1703 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Subsequent Work

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Cou...

Significance: Old landmark associated with important history of Quakers on Nantucket and first building owned by the Nantucket Historical Association. The Society of Friends' Meeting House is a typical mid-19th... More

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Fair Street, Nantucket, Nantucket Cou...

Significance: Old landmark associated with important history of Quakers on Nantucket and first building owned by the Nantucket Historical Association. The Society of Friends' Meeting House is a typical mid-19th... More

Chesterfield Friends Meeting House, Front & Church Streets, Crosswicks, Burlington County, NJ

Chesterfield Friends Meeting House, Front & Church Streets, Crosswicks...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS NJ-25 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction

Chesterfield Friends Meeting House, Front & Church Streets, Crosswicks, Burlington County, NJ

Chesterfield Friends Meeting House, Front & Church Streets, Crosswicks...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS NJ-25 Building/structure dates: 1773 Initial Construction

Southampton Friends Meeting House, 710 Gravel Hill Road, Southampton, Bucks County, PA

Southampton Friends Meeting House, 710 Gravel Hill Road, Southampton, ...

Significance: Built between 1969 and 1970, Southampton is among the most recently constructed Friends' meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its ultra-modern design reflects a break in tradition with regard to... 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

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

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, 30 Farewell Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Friends Meeting House, 30 Farewell Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: Built in 1700, with additions of 1730, 1807, 1857, and 1867, the original (center) portion is an important example of the square hip roofed and turreted structures being built for some thirty year... 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

Downingtown Friends Meeting House, 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Chester County, PA

Downingtown Friends Meeting House, 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingt...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Quaker Meetinghouse, Downey Street, Wapsinono Creek Vicinity, West Branch, Cedar County, IA

Quaker Meetinghouse, Downey Street, Wapsinono Creek Vicinity, West Bra...

Survey number: HABS IA-25 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Quaker Meetinghouse, Downey Street, Wapsinono Creek Vicinity, West Branch, Cedar County, IA
Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 340) & Meetinghouse Road, Thorndale, Chester County, PA

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 340) & Meetinghouse Road, Thorndale, Chester County, PA

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 340) & Meetinghouse Road, Thorndale, Chester County, PA

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 340) & Meetinghouse Road, Thorndale, Chester County, PA

Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 3...

Significance: Built in 1784 and extended in 1801, Caln Meeting House poses an unusual solution to the need to accommodate a quarterly meeting. The Caln Friends chose to expand their meeting space by adding onto... More

Stony Brook Quaker Meetinghouse, Quaker Road, Princeton, Mercer County, NJ

Stony Brook Quaker Meetinghouse, Quaker Road, Princeton, Mercer County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-52 Survey number: HABS NJ-140 Building/structure dates: 1760 Initial Construction

Marlborough Friends Meeting House, Intersecton of Marlboro & Marlboro Spring Roads, Unionville, Chester County, PA

Marlborough Friends Meeting House, Intersecton of Marlboro & Marlboro ...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

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

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

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

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks County, PA

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks Count...

Significance: Completed in 1768, Buckingham Friends Meeting House is the earliest known example of the doubled type that became a conventional form for American Friends meeting hoses for nearly a century. While... More

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks County, PA

Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 5684 York Road, Lahaska, Bucks Count...

Significance: Completed in 1768, Buckingham Friends Meeting House is the earliest known example of the doubled type that became a conventional form for American Friends meeting hoses for nearly a century. While... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

Significance: Fine example of nationalist influence on traditional Quaker plain style, and built for a group of dissenting Free Quakers who were expelled from the Religious Society of Friends for participation ... More

Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

Significance: Fine example of nationalist influence on traditional Quaker plain style, and built for a group of dissenting Free Quakers who were expelled from the Religious Society of Friends for participation ... More

Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

Significance: Fine example of nationalist influence on traditional Quaker plain style, and built for a group of dissenting Free Quakers who were expelled from the Religious Society of Friends for participation ... More

Abington (Orthodox) Friends Meetinghouse, Jenkintown Road across from Fisher Road, Jenkintown, Montgomery County, PA

Abington (Orthodox) Friends Meetinghouse, Jenkintown Road across from ...

Significance: Built in 1836, Abington Friends Meeting House reflects patterns of design found in the single-cell meeting house built during the period of early settlement in the Delaware Valley, but not frequen... 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

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Stree...

Significance: Although constructed almost thirty years after the ca. 1827 separation, the Race Street Friends Meeting House is a tangible reminder of the controversy caused by differing interpretations of Quake... More

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Stree...

Significance: Although constructed almost thirty years after the ca. 1827 separation, the Race Street Friends Meeting House is a tangible reminder of the controversy caused by differing interpretations of Quake... More

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Race Street Friends Meeting House, Race Street west of Fifteenth Stree...

Significance: Although constructed almost thirty years after the ca. 1827 separation, the Race Street Friends Meeting House is a tangible reminder of the controversy caused by differing interpretations of Quake... 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

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

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

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

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga Roads, Ithan, Delaware County, PA

Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga R...

Significance: Constructed largely in 1718, Radnor is one of the oldest standing meeting houses in the Delaware Valley. Its form captures patterns of American Friends Meeting House development that are extant in... More

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens County, NY

Society of Friends Meetinghouse, Northern Boulevard, Flushing, Queens ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-187 Survey number: HABS NY-521

Presbyterian Meeting House, 321 S. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia

Presbyterian Meeting House, 321 S. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virgini...

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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

Hicksite Friends Meetinghouse, 1150 North A Street, Richmond, Wayne County, IN

Hicksite Friends Meetinghouse, 1150 North A Street, Richmond, Wayne Co...

Significance: The Hicksite Friends, the largest and most influential religious sect in nineteenth-century Richmond, acquired a plot of land from Charles W. Starr in 1864. By the following year they had erected... 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

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

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