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[Ed Andrews, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Ed Andrews, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Dan Casey, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Dan Casey, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a baseball paly, player, baseball field, athlete, 1920s, 20th century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

Public domain photograph of a church interior, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental & Nervous Diseases, Forty-fourth & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Hospital for Mental & Nervous Diseases, Forty-fourth & Ma...

Significance: Pioneer example of mental-hospital architecture using extended wings to permit maximum isolation of wards. Popularly named for Dr. Thomas S. Kirkbride, hospital superintendent 1841-83 and formulat... More

A dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work Uncle Tom's Cabin / litho. of C. R. Milne, Louisville, KY.

A dream caused by the perusal of Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's popular work ...

An imaginative and biting satire on Harriet Beecher Stowe and her recently published antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Printed serially beginning in June 1851, the novel first appeared in book form in 1852... More

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Winterthur, New Castle County, DE

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection Sta...

Significance: This intersection is surrounded by a rural landscape and buildings, structures, objects and sites once functionally-related to Winterthur Farms and one branch of the de Pont family. Winterthur Fa... More

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Winterthur, New Castle County, DE

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection Sta...

Significance: This intersection is surrounded by a rural landscape and buildings, structures, objects and sites once functionally-related to Winterthur Farms and one branch of the de Pont family. Winterthur Fa... More

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Winterthur, New Castle County, DE

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection Sta...

Significance: This intersection is surrounded by a rural landscape and buildings, structures, objects and sites once functionally-related to Winterthur Farms and one branch of the de Pont family. Winterthur Fa... 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

[Ed Andrews, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Ed Andrews, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Public domain photograph related to baseball, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem County, NJ

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem Cou...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N631 Survey number: HABS NJ-1236

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem County, NJ

Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House, Hancocks Bridge, Salem Cou...

1997 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N631 Survey number: HABS NJ-1236

Quaker Meetinghouse, Washington Street, Easton, Talbot County, MD

Quaker Meetinghouse, Washington Street, Easton, Talbot County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-703 Building/structure dates: 1682 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1797 Subsequent Work

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

[Harry Wright, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Harry Wright, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

November 21, 1796, Shenandoah, For repeal of act exempting Quakers and Menonists from militia duty.

November 21, 1796, Shenandoah, For repeal of act exempting Quakers and...

Picryl description: Public domain copy of a historic document - petition, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... 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

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

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

Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House, West Main & North Green Streets, Tuckerton, Ocean County, NJ

Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House, West Main & North Green Stree...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N815 Survey number: HABS NJ-1118 Building/structure dates: 1863 Initial Construction

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

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

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

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

Chalkley Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane & Sepviva Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Chalkley Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane & Sepviva Street, Philadelphia, Philade...

Significance: The original part (1723) of the structure was built for Thomas Chalkley, a merchant and Quaker proselytizer. The main section was built for Abel Jones, a merchant and Chalkey's son-in-law. The str... More

Chalkley Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane & Sepviva Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Chalkley Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane & Sepviva Street, Philadelphia, Philade...

Significance: The original part (1723) of the structure was built for Thomas Chalkley, a merchant and Quaker proselytizer. The main section was built for Abel Jones, a merchant and Chalkey's son-in-law. The str... More

Chalkley Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane & Sepviva Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Chalkley Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane & Sepviva Street, Philadelphia, Philade...

Significance: The original part (1723) of the structure was built for Thomas Chalkley, a merchant and Quaker proselytizer. The main section was built for Abel Jones, a merchant and Chalkey's son-in-law. The str... More

[Jim Fogarty, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Jim Fogarty, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a baseball paly, player, baseball field, athlete, 1920s, 20th century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Daily, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Daily, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. "Daley"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Harry Lyons and Billy Taylor, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Harry Lyons and Billy Taylor, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card por...

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Charles Gross & Co. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Jim Fogarty, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Jim Fogarty, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Public domain photograph related to baseball, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tommy McCarthy, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

[Tommy McCarthy, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Woodlawn, 9000 Richmond Highway, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virgini...

Significance: Notable Georgian/Federal 5-part house, designed by William Thornton, architect of the United States Capitol. Woodlawn was built on part of the Mount Vernon estate for George Washington's adopted g... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, House, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard,...

Significance: The John Bartram House was the sole residence of John Bartram (1699-1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector between 1731 and his death. William Bartram (1739-... More

Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Germantown Friends Meeting House, 47 West Coulter Street, Philadelphia...

Significance: Germantown is a fine example of a mid-nineteenth century urban meeting house. It was built between 1868 and 1869 by master builder Hibberd Yarnall, and designed by Addison Hutton, one of Philadelp... 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

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

Greater Light, 8 Howard Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Greater Light, 8 Howard Street, Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA

Significance: Located on Nantucket Island, the barn at 8 Howard Street is believed to have been built c. 1790. It was purchased in 1906 by William Holland, the town grocer, who used it to house cattle, horses ... 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

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

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

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

Quaker Meetinghouse, Third & South Streets, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Quaker Meetinghouse, Third & South Streets, Catawissa, Columbia County...

Survey number: HABS PA-212 Building/structure dates: 1774-1776 Initial Construction

Quaker Meetinghouse, Third & South Streets, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Quaker Meetinghouse, Third & South Streets, Catawissa, Columbia County...

Survey number: HABS PA-212 Building/structure dates: 1774-1776 Initial Construction

Quaker Meetinghouse, Third & South Streets, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Quaker Meetinghouse, Third & South Streets, Catawissa, Columbia County...

Survey number: HABS PA-212 Building/structure dates: 1774-1776 Initial Construction

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Laurel Hill Cemetery, 3822 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery constitutes the second major rural cemetery in the United States. Begun in 1836, it is the earliest known work of John Notman, an important nineteenth-century a... More

Hopewell Friends Meeting House, Interstate 81, Clear Brook, Frederick County, Virginia

Hopewell Friends Meeting House, Interstate 81, Clear Brook, Frederick ...

Significance: Hopewell Friends Meeting House is the oldest surviving building for religious assembly in Frederick County, and it is still used today in this manner. The east portion of the Meeting House was bu... More

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

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

Public domain photograph of organ, keyboard instrument, church, gothic architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

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

South River Quaker Meeting House, 5810 Fort Avenue, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

South River Quaker Meeting House, 5810 Fort Avenue, Lynchburg, Lynchbu...

Significance: The South River Friends Meetinghouse, or Quaker Meeting House, is a historic Friends meeting house located at Lynchburg, Virginia. It was completed in 1798. It is a rubble stone structure, approxi... More

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Winterthur, New Castle County, DE

Winterthur Farms, Intersection State Routes 92 & 100, Intersection Sta...

Significance: This intersection is surrounded by a rural landscape and buildings, structures, objects and sites once functionally-related to Winterthur Farms and one branch of the de Pont family. Winterthur Fa... 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

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & Arney's Mount Roads, Mount Holly, Burlington County, NJ

Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Juliustown & ...

Significance: Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, erected of local Bog Iron stone between 1775 and 1776, represents a particularly domestic-looking meeting house form. The development of this form was likely a... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House & Garden, 54th Street & Lindbergh Boulevard, Philad...

Significance: Bartram's Garden is the oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States. John Bartram (1699 1777), the well-known early American botanist, explorer, and plant collector founded the garden in ... More

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