Free Quaker Meetinghouse
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Where it is
Coordinates: 39°57′11″N 75°08′56″W (39.9530, -75.1490) · Open in OpenStreetMap
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The Free Quaker Meetinghouse is a historic Free Quaker meeting house at the southeast corner of 5th and Arch Streets in the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest surviving Quaker meeting house within the original boundaries of the city of Philadelphia, and the only surviving historic structure remaining on Independence Mall (the three blocks between Chestnut Street and Race Street). The structure is a plain 2½-story Georgian-style brick building with a gable roof first constructed in 1783, with the second floor added in 1788.
Background
The Free Quaker Meetinghouse hosted worship until 1836, then housed the Apprentices' Library Company of Philadelphia until 1897. During the 1900s, it served as a plumbing supply warehouse before being restored as part of the Independence Mall Improvement Project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and now opens seasonally as part of Independence National Historical Park.
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Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Free Quaker Meetinghouse (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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