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Many historic Friends meeting houses in Pennsylvania were constructed in colonial times and are listed individually by the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and others are contributing buildings in historic districts. Several Friends meetings, the equivalent of church congregations in other denominations, were founded in Pennsylvania by the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers in the early 1680s. Thirty-two extent meeting fabinghouses, the equivalent of church buildings, were constructed before 1800. Over 100 meeting houses built before 1900 were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in a survey that led to their publication of Silent Witness, Quaker Meeting Houses In The Delaware Valley, 1695 To The Present in 2002. [1] [2]
In 1827, the Great Separation divided Pennsylvania Quakers into two branches, Orthodox and Hicksite. These two branches reunited in the 1950s. Other branches, such as the Free Quakers, are generally represented in Pennsylvania by a single historic meeting house.
Meeting houses
| Name | Photo | Founded | Constructed | Branch | Location | Reference | |
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| Merion Friends Meeting House |
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1683 | 1695-1714 | 615 Mongomery Ave.,
Merion Station 40°00′35″N 75°15′16″W / 40.0097°N 75.2544°W |
NHL [3] | ||
| Old Haverford | 1682, 1684 | 1701 | 235 E. Eagles Road,
Havertown 39°59′27″N 75°18′17″W / 39.9907°N 75.3047°W |
FMHS
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| Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse |
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1703, 1710 | 1708, 1780 | Germantown Pike,
Plymouth Meeting 40°06′09″N 75°16′45″W / 40.1025°N 75.2792°W |
NRHP [4] | ||
| Bristol Friends Meeting House |
|
1707, 1711 | 1713-19 | Market & Woods St.,
Bristol 40°05′47″N 74°51′26″W / 40.0963°N 74.8572°W |
FMHS NRHP HD [5] | ||
| Concord Friends Meetinghouse |
|
1684 | 1728. 1788 | Old Concord Rd,
Concordville 39°53′05″N 75°31′09″W / 39.8848°N 75.5192°W |
NRHP, FMHS | ||
| Radnor Friends Meetinghouse |
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1684, 1698 | 1717-18 | Sproul Rd. (Rt 320),
Ithan 40°01′48″N 75°21′51″W / 40.0300°N 75.3643°W |
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| Falls Friends Meeting House (former) | 1683 | 1728 | replaced 1789, now apartment building! | FMHS | |||
| Old Kennett Meetinghouse |
|
1707, 1711 | 1731 c. |
US Route 1,
Kennett Square 39°52′16″N 75°38′53″W / 39.8711°N 75.6481°W |
FMHS | ||
| New Garden Friends Meeting House | 1712, 1715 | 1743 | Newark Rd.,
Toughkenamon 39°48′54″N 75°45′09″W / 39.8150°N 75.7526°W |
FMHS | |||
| Sadsbury Friends Meeting House |
|
1723, 1725 | 1747 | Simmontown Rd,
Gap 39°58′15″N 75°59′27″W / 39.9709°N 75.9908°W |
FMHS | ||
| Plumsted Friends Meeting House | 1730 | 1752, 1876 | 4914 Point Pleasant Pike,
Danboro 40°22′02″N 75°06′52″W / 40.3671°N 75.1145°W |
FMHS | |||
| Exeter Friends Meeting House |
|
1715, 1725 | 1759 | Meeting House Rd.,
Stonersville 40°18′48″N 75°47′04″W / 40.3132°N 75.7845°W |
FMHS | ||
| Maidencreek Friends Meeting House | 1732, 1735 | 1759 | West Shore Dr.,
Kindts Corner (building moved 1927) 40°27′44″N 75°55′51″W / 40.4622°N 75.9308°W |
FMHS | |||
| Makefield Friends Meeting House |
|
1750, 1790 | 1760, 1764 | 877 Dolinton Rd,
Newtown 40°15′57″N 74°53′12″W / 40.2658°N 74.8868°W |
NRHP, FMHS | ||
| Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse |
|
1726 | 1763 | Birmingham Rd. near Rt. 926,
West Chester 39°54′21″N 75°35′39″W / 39.9057°N 75.5943°W |
NRHP | ||
| Uwchlan Meetinghouse |
|
1712, 1714 | 1763 c. | Village Ave. North,
Lionville 40°03′16″N 75°39′36″W / 40.0545°N 75.6599°W |
FMHS | ||
| Bradford Friends Meetinghouse |
|
1716, 1726 | 1765 | 1364 West Strasburg Road,
Marshallton 39°56′59″N 75°40′48″W / 39.9496°N 75.6800°W |
NRHP | ||
| York Friends Meeting House |
|
1754, 1767 | 1766, 1783 | Philadelphia St.,
York 39°57′47″N 76°43′54″W / 39.9630°N 76.7317°W |
FMHS | ||
| Buckingham Friends Meeting House |
|
1701, 1705 | 1768 | 5684 York Rd. (Rt 202),
Lahaska 40°20′41″N 75°02′19″W / 40.3447°N 75.0387°W |
NHL [6] | ||
| Chichester Friends Meetinghouse |
|
1682, 1701 | 1769 | Meeting House Rd.,
Boothwyn 39°50′11″N 75°25′53″W / 39.8365°N 75.4313°W |
NRHP | ||
| Frankford Friends Meeting House |
|
1684 | 1775-76 | Unity and Waln Sts.,
Philadelphia 40°00′40″N 75°05′03″W / 40.0111°N 75.0843°W |
FMHS | ||
| Caln Meeting House |
|
1716 | 1782 | Rt. 340,
Thorndale 40°00′26″N 75°45′53″W / 40.0073°N 75.7646°W |
FMHS | ||
| Free Quaker Meetinghouse |
|
1780 | 1783-84 | Free Quaker | 5th and Arch,
Philadelphia 39°57′09″N 75°08′55″W / 39.9524°N 75.1487°W |
NRHP | |
| Abington Friends Meeting House |
|
1683 | 1786 | 520 Meeting House Rd.,
Jenkintown 40°05′38″N 75°07′06″W / 40.0939°N 75.1182°W |
FMHS | ||
| Wrightstown Friends Meeting Complex |
|
1686 | 1787 | Rt. 413, 4 miles north of
Newtown 40°15′57″N 74°58′54″W / 40.2657°N 74.9818°W |
NRHP, FMHS | ||
| Falls Friends Meeting House | 1683 | 1789 | 9300 New Falls Rd.,
Fallsington, Pennsylvania 40°11′06″N 74°49′11″W / 40.1849°N 74.8196°W |
FMHS | |||
| Newtown Square Friends Meeting House |
|
1696, 1706 | 1791 | 120 Newtown Rd. (Rt 252),
Newtown Square 39°59′30″N 75°24′18″W / 39.9918°N 75.4050°W |
FMHS | ||
| Middletown Friends Meeting House | 1680, 1683 | 1793 | 453 W. Maple Ave.,
Langhorne 40°10′31″N 74°55′44″W / 40.1752°N 74.9288°W |
FMHS | |||
| Catawissa Friends Meetinghouse |
|
1775, 1793 | 1794 | South St.,
Catawissa 40°57′04″N 76°27′42″W / 40.9510°N 76.4617°W |
FMHS | ||
| Roaring Creek Friends Meeting |
|
1786, 1796 | 1795-96 | Quaker Meeting Rd.,
Numidia 40°53′53″N 76°23′55″W / 40.8981°N 76.3986°W |
FMHS | ||
| Willistown Friends Meeting House | 1753, 1794 | 1798 | 7069 Goshen Rd.,
Whitehorse 39°59′19″N 75°28′51″W / 39.9886°N 75.4809°W |
FMHS | |||
| Marlboro Friends Meeting House |
|
1799, 1802 | 1801 | 901 Marlborough Springs Rd.,
Marlborough Village 39°53′44″N 75°42′17″W / 39.8956°N 75.7046°W |
FMHS | ||
| Fallowfield Friends Meeting House |
|
1792, 1796 | 1801 (1811?) | Rt. 82 at Buck Run Rd.,
Ercildoun 39°56′46″N 75°50′18″W / 39.9461°N 75.8384°W |
FMHS | ||
| Horsham Friends Meeting |
|
1714, 1717 | 1803 | Horsham Rd.,
Horsham Township 40°11′01″N 75°07′54″W / 40.1836°N 75.1316°W |
FMHS | ||
| Arch Street Friends Meeting House |
|
1681 ( Philadelphia Yearly Meeting) | 1804, 1811 | 304 Arch St.,
Philadelphia 39°57′07″N 75°08′46″W / 39.9519°N 75.1462°W |
NHL | ||
| Darby Friends Meeting |
|
1684 | 1805 | 1015 Main St.,
Darby 39°55′16″N 75°15′46″W / 39.9211°N 75.2629°W |
NRHP | ||
| Downingtown Friends Meeting House |
|
1784, 1811 | 1806 | 800 E. Lancaster Ave,
Downingtown 40°00′51″N 75°41′20″W / 40.0141°N 75.6889°W |
FMHS | ||
| Solebury Friends Meeting House | 1806, 1811 | 1806 | 2680 Sugan Rd., New Hope 40°22′22″N 74°59′15″W / 40.3728°N 74.9874°W | ||||
| Byberry Friends Meeting House | ? | 1808 | 3001 Byberry Rd.,
Philadelphia 40°06′09″N 74°58′51″W / 40.1025°N 74.9809°W |
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| West Chester Meeting House | 1810, 1813 | 1810, 1868 | 425 N. High,
West Chester |
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| Providence Friends Meeting House |
|
1686, 1698 | 1814 | Providence Rd.,
Media 39°55′06″N 75°22′52″W / 39.9183°N 75.3810°W |
HABS | ||
| Upper Dublin | 1814 | 1814 | Ft. Washington & Limekiln Rd.
Upper Dublin 40°09′44″N 75°11′16″W / 40.1622°N 75.1878°W |
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| Newtown Friends Meeting House | 1815, 1817 | 1817, 1868 | 219 Court St.
Newtown 40°13′33″N 74°56′09″W / 40.2257°N 74.9357°W |
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| London Grove Friends Meeting House | 1724, 1775 | 1818 | Rt. 926 at Newark Rd,
London Grove |
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| Gwynedd Friends Meeting House | ? 1698 | 1823 | Spring House & Pennllyn Turnpike, Lower Gwyynedd |
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| Little Elk Friends Meeting House | 1826 | Media Rd,
Hickory Hill 39°44′55″N 75°55′49″W / 39.7485°N 75.9304°W |
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| Upper Providence Friends Meeting House |
|
1716, 1733 | 1828 | 8207 Black Rock Road, Oaks,
Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County 40°08′56″N 75°28′33″W / 40.1490°N 75.4758°W |
HABS | ||
| Bart Friends Meeting | 1820 | 1825 | Quaker Church Rd.,
Christiana 39°55′58″N 76°02′50″W / 39.9328°N 76.0473°W |
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| Parkersville Friends Meetinghouse |
|
1830 | 1830 | Parkersville Rd. s of Rt 926 Parkersville | NRHP | ||
| Homeville Friends Meeting |
|
1839 | 1839 | Newark Rd. Rt 896,
Homeville 39°51′39″N 75°59′14″W / 39.8608°N 75.9872°W |
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| Millville Friends Meeting House |
|
1795 | 1846 | Main at Maple St.,
Millville |
HABS | ||
| Longwood Progressive Friends Meeting House | 1854 | 1854 | Rt. 1 at
Longwood Gardens 39°52′07″N 75°40′17″W / 39.8687°N 75.6713°W |
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| Goshen Friends Meeting House | 1709 | 1855 | 814 Chester Rd,
Goshenville 39°59′36″N 75°32′37″W / 39.9933°N 75.5435°W |
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| Race Street Friends Meeting House |
|
1855-57 | 1515 Cherry St.,
Philadelphia 39°57′21″N 75°09′54″W / 39.9559°N 75.1651°W |
NRHP | |||
| Richlands Friends Meeting House | 1710, 1723 | 1862 | Main St and Mill Rd,
Quakertown 40°26′12″N 75°21′08″W / 40.4367°N 75.3522°W |
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| Lampeter Friends Meeting House |
|
1728, 1732 | 1889 | Rt. 340,
Bird-in-Hand 40°02′20″N 76°11′06″W / 40.0390°N 76.1850°W |
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| Reading Friends Meeting House | 1750, 1756 | 1868 | Wilson Eyre | 108 N. 6th St.,
Reading 40°20′15″N 75°55′35″W / 40.3375°N 75.9263°W |
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| Germantown Friends Meeting House | 1690 | 1868-69 | Sloan & Hutton | 47 W. Coulter,
Philadelphia 40°01′57″N 75°10′19″W / 40.0324°N 75.1720°W |
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| Valley Friends Meeting House | 1698, 1810 | 1871 | 1121 Old Eagle School Rd.,
Wayne 40°04′57″N 75°24′54″W / 40.0826°N 75.4151°W |
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| Media Monthly Meeting House |
|
1878 | 1875 | known as Chester Monthly Meeting until 1950? | Third St.,
Media |
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| West Philadelphia Orthodox Friends Meeting House |
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1878 | 1878 | Orthodox | Powelton & 42nd St.,
Philadelphia |
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| Oxford Friends Meeting House | 1876 | 1879 | 3rd St.,
Oxford |
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| Swarthmore Friends Meeting House | 1863, 1893 | 1881 | 12 Whittier Place,
Swarthmore 39°54′26″N 75°21′12″W / 39.9073°N 75.3533°W |
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| Fair Hill Friends Meeting House | 1702, 1880 | 1883 | Cambria St. at Germantown Ave.,
Philadelphia 39°59′46″N 75°08′48″W / 39.9962°N 75.1467°W |
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| Doe Run | 1808, 1811 | 1883 | 81 Greenlaw Rd,
Cochraneville |
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| Middletown Preparative Meeting House | 1686, 1701 | 1702?, 1770s, 1888 | |||||
| Horsham Orthodox Friends Meeting House | 1890 | 1890 | Orthodox | Saw Mill Lane & Dreshertown Rd.,
Horsham Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Gwynnedd Friends Meeting House | 1890 | Swede & Pine Sts.,
Norristown |
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References
- ^ a b Friend Meeting House Survey, Historic American Buildings Survey, 2002, notes used for Silent Witness, available at Friends Historic Library at Swarthmore College
- ^ Historic American Buildings Survey (2002). Silent Witness, Quaker Meeting Houses In The Delaware Valley, 1695 To The Present. p. 56.
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^ Bill Bolger, David G. Orr, and Catherine LaVoie (February 3, 1998).
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Merion Friends Meeting House" (pdf). National Park Service.
{{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=( help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) and Accompanying 9 photos, exterior and interior, from 1987. (32 KB) - ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Helen Reichart Mirras (December 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ Patrick W. O'Bannon, 1986, NRHP Nomination Form - Bristol Historic District
- ^ National Historic Landmark Nomination, Buckingham Friends Meting House
External links
- QuakerMeetings.com, "Monthly Meetings in North America: A Quaker Index" - a database of the history of meetings (rather than meeting houses)