Summary
The Radnor Friends Meetinghouse is an historic, American Quaker meeting house that is located on Sproul and Conestoga Roads in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Radnor Friends Meetinghouse | |
 Radnor Friends Meetinghouse, November 2009 | |
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| Location | Sproul and Conestoga Rds., Ithan, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°1′48″N 75°21′53″W / 40.03000°N 75.36472°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1717 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002393[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 31, 1978 |
The meeting house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
History and architectural features edit
In 1686, there were sufficient number of Friends in Radnor township to begin meetings at the house of John Jerman, a Quaker minister.[2]
The current meeting house was built in 1717 with an addition made several years later. An earlier meeting house existed on the site as early as 1693.[3] During the Revolutionary War, the meeting house was used as an outpost for General George Washington's Continental Army.[4]
The meeting house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
Worship services are held weekly at 10 a.m.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Jordan, John W. (1912). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 397. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 687. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-07. Note: This includes Elisabeth Donaghy and Bud Wolf (May 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Radnor Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
External links edit
Media related to Radnor Friends Meetinghouse at Wikimedia Commons
- Radnor Monthly Meeting History
- Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga Roads, Ithan, Delaware County, PA: 20 photos, 2 color transparencies, 4 measured drawings, 19 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey