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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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, 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, 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, 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, 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 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 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 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 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
[Joe Mulvey, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
[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.
[Deacon McGuire, 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.
[Charlie Ferguson, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]
Public domain photograph related to baseball, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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,...
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...
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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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, 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, 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, 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 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 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 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
George C. Carr Farm, Eldred Avenue & North Road, Jamestown, Newport Co...
Significance: Eldred Avenue (Route 138) is the northern boundary of the Windmill Hill National Register Historic District. The district is significant for its excellently preserved eighteenth and nineteenth ce... More
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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House, 100 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelph...
Significance: The design of Chestnut Hill Meeting House was innovative in ways that reflected changes in Quaker faith and practice indicative of the modern era in Friends' history. The meeting house was built i... More
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 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 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 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 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 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
Nicholas Carr Farm, Bounded by North, Weeden, & East Shore Roads, Jame...
Significance: Route 138 (Eldred Avenue) is the northern boundary of the Windmill Hill National Register Historic District. The district is significant for its excellently preserved eighteenth and nineteenth ce... More
Downingtown Friends Meeting House, 800 East Lancaster Avenue, Downingt...
Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
[Dandy Wood, Philadelphia Quakers, baseball card portrait]
Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: D. Buchner & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.
Quaker Meetinghouse, Downey Street, Wapsinono Creek Vicinity, West Bra...
Survey number: HABS IA-25
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 Bra...
Survey number: HABS IA-25
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 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 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
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 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
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 & ...
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 & ...
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 & ...
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 & ...
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, 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, 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, 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