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Friends Meeting Houses Surveys

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Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
MC.1231
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
3.31 linear ft. (7 boxes, 2 tubes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Friends Meeting House Survey (HC.MC.1231), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1996-2002 (inclusive)
Creator:
United States. Department of the Interior
Abstract:
This collection contains the photographic records and architectural and historical reports of the Friends Meeting House Survey of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting compiled between the years of 1996 and 2002 comissioned by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Meeting Houses surveyed include those throughout the Philadelphia, Delaware, and New Jersey areas.

The Friends Meeting House Survey was a survey of the architecture and history of meeting houses of the Religious Society of Friends thorughout the Philadelphia, Delaware, and New Jersey area. The survey was conducted through the Historical American Buildings Society, a program run by the U.S. Department of the Interior and National Parks Services. The survey was conducted between the years of 1996 and 2002, and featured the photographing of each meeting house.

This collection contains the photographic records and architectural and historical reports of the Friends Meeting House Survey of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting compiled between the years of 1996 and 2002.

This collection is arranged in a single series, Surveys.

Processed by Alexandra Stern; completed October, 2018.

"Simplicity. An Analysis of the role of simplicity in architecture and its development by the Religious Society of Friends" (HC.MC-975-07-091)

Subject

Publisher
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
Alexandra Stern
Finding Aid Date
October, 2018
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Fair Hill Friends Meeting House (Currently St. Mark Outreach Baptist Church), 1999.
Box 1
Swarthmore Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Oxford Friends Meeting House (Currently part of Baltimore Yearly Meeting), 1999.
Box 1
Philadelphia Orthodox Friends Meeting House (Powelton) (Currently the Lombard Central Presbyterian Church), 1999.
Box 1
Media-Providence Friends Meeting House (aka Media-Springfield), 1997.
Box 1
Valley Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Germantown Friends Meeting Houses, 1997.
Box 1
Reading Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 1
Richland Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Race Street Meeting House.
Box 1
Goshen Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Longwood (Progressive) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Germantown (Hicksite) Friends Meeting House (aka Green Street Montly Meeting House, School House Lane Meeting House), undated.
Box 1
Maidencreek Orthodox Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 1
Norristown Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Springfield Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Goshen Friends Meeting House (Goshen Grange Hall #121), 1997.
Box 1
Romansville (Bradford Indulged) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Millville Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 1
Unionville Friends Meeting House (Now, Grange Hall), 1997.
Box 1
Birmingham Orthodox Friends Meeting House (Now a residence), 1997.
Box 1
Falls Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Homeville (originally Oxford) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Doylestown Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Abington (Orthodox) Meeting House (aka Little Abington Meeting House), 1997.
Box 1
Middletown (Orthodox) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
London Grove (Orthodox) Friends Meeting House (now a residence), 1997.
Box 1
Concord (Orthodox) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Haverford Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
London Britain Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Pennsgrove Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Frankford Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Lansdowne (Orthodox) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
New West Grove Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Parkersville Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Chester Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Upper Providence Friends Meeting House (aka Providence Meeting, Montgomery County), 1997.
Box 1
New Garden (Orthodox) Friends Meeting House (now residence), 1997.
Box 1
Little Elk Friends Meeting House (currently part of Baltimore Yearly Meeting), 1997.
Box 1
Bart Friends Meeting House (Now the Bart Historical Society), undated.
Box 1
Gwynedd Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
London Grove (Quarterly) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Newtown Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Upper Dublin Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Providence Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
West Chester Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Byberry Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Schuylkill Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Solebury Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Downingtown Friends Meeting House (aka Uwchlan), 1997.
Box 1
Darby Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Arch Street Friends Meeting House; and site of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (later, Orthodox), 1999.
Box 1
Horsham Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Fallowfield Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Marlborough (aka Marlboro) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Willistown Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Roaring Creek Friends Meeting, 1998.
Box 1
Catawissa Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 1
Middletown Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Newtown (Square) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Falls Friends Meeting House, 1989 (currently the WIlliam Penn Center), 1996.
Box 1
Wrightstown Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Abington Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Free Quaker Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Caln (Quarterly) Friends Meeting House (originally known as East Caln), 1997.
Box 1
Frankford Preparative Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Chichester Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
York Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 1
Bradford Friends Meeting House, (aka Marshallton), 1997.
Box 1
Uwchulan Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Birmingham Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Makefield Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Maidencreek Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 1
Exeter Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 1
Plumstead Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 1
New Garden Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Old Kennett Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
(Former) Falls Friends Meeting House; 1728 (currently an apartment house), 1996.
Box 1
Concord Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Radnor Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Bristol Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 1
Plymouth Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
Second Bank Friends Meeting House (1703-1790), undated.
Box 1
Old Haverford Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 1
High Street Friends Meeting House 9the Great Meeting House) 1696-1809, undated.
Box 2
Merion Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 2
The First Bank Friends Meeting House (1685-ca. 1696), undated.
Box 2
Centre Square Friends Meeting House (ca. 1685- ca. 1697), undated.
Box 2
The Boarded Friends Meeting House (1683- ca. 1686), undated.
Box 2
Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997.
Box 2
Upper Providence Friends Meeting House Photography, 2000.
Box 2
Upper Providence Friends Meeting House, 2000.
Box 2
Roaring Creek Friends Meeting House Photography, 2001.
Box 2
Darby Friends Meeting House Photography, 2001.
Box 2
New West Grove Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2002.
Box 2
Old Kennett Meeting House Photography, 1998-2000.
Box 2
Old Kennett Meeting House, 1998.
Box 3
Catawissa Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2002.
Box 3
Plymouth Friends Meeting House Photography, 2000.
Box 3
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2000.
Box 3
Race Street Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 3
Race Street Friends Meeting House Photography, 1999.
Box 3
West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House Photography, undated.
Box 3
Abington (Orthodox) Meeting House (aka Little Abington Meeting House) Photography, 2001.
Box 3
Southampton Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2002.
Box 3
Southampton Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 3
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House Photgraphs, 2000.
Box 3
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 3
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House Photography, 2000-2001.
Box 4
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 4
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2002.
Box 4
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 4
Germantown Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2002.
Box 4
Germantown Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 4
Frankford Preparative Friends Meeting House Photography, 2002.
Box 4
Frankford Preparative Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 4
Downingtown Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2001.
Box 4
Downingtown Friends Meeting House.
Box 4
Bradford Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 4
Bradford Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 4
Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, 1999.
Box 5
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 5
West Grove Friends Meeting House Photography, 1998-2001.
Box 5
West Grove Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 5
Caln Friends Meeting House Photography, 1999.
Box 5
Caln Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 5
Buckingham Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-2002.
Box 5
Buckingham Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 5
Chichester Friends Meeting House Photography, 2000.
Box 5
Chichester Friends Meeting House, 1997-1999.
Box 5
Radnor Friends Meeting House Photography, 1998.
Box 6
Radnor Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 6
Merion Friends Meeting House Photography, 1997-1999.
Box 6
Lower Merion Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 6
Arch Street Friends Meeting House Photography, 1999.
Box 6
Administrative Documents and Building Lists (Post-Project Documents), 1997-1999.
Box 6
Administrative Documents and Building Lists (Planning), 1997.
Box 6
Westfield Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Atlantic City Friends Meeting House (now the entrance lobby for the Quality Inn), 1998.
Box 6
Moorestown Orthodox Friends Meeting School (now the Gymnasium, cafeteria and music room for the Moorestown Friends Meeting School), 1998.
Box 6
Squan Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Quakertown Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
(Old) Westfield Friends Meeting House (now used as a pre-school facility), undated.
Box 6
Greenwich (Hicksite) Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Trenton (Orthodox) Friends Meeting House (now the Mercer Street Friends Center), 1998.
Box 6
Chesterfield Orthodox Friends Meeting House (aka Crosswicks Orthodox Friends Meeting House), 1998.
Box 6
Barnegat Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Haddonfield Friends Meeting House (aka Haddonfield Orthodox), 1998.
Box 6
Haddonfield Friends Meeting House (now the Haddonfield Acme, grocery store), 1998.
Box 6
Medford Hicksite Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Salem Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Newton Friends Meeting House (aka Camden), 1998.
Box 6
Shrewsbury Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Medord Orthodox Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Upper Springfield Friends Meeting House (aka Mansfield Friends Meeting House), 1998.
Box 6
Easton Friends Meeting House (now part of Eastern Union Church), 1998.
Box 6
Cropwell Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Mullica Hill Friends Meeting House (aka Woolwich), 1998.
Box 6
Moorestown Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 6
Upper Greenwich Friends Meeting House (aka Mickleton), 1998.
Box 6
Plainfield Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Woodstown Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Burlington Friends Meeting House (Now Friends Conference Center), 1998.
Box 6
Old Springfield Friends Meeting House [(aka Copany Friends Meeting House (now a private residence)], 1998.
Box 6
Mt. Holly Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Arney's Mount Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 6
Chesterfield Friends Meeting House (aka Crosswicks Friends Meeting House), 1998.
Box 7
Salem Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 7
Rancocas Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 7
Greenwich Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 7
Seaville Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 7
Eavesham Friends Meeting House (aka Mount Laurel Friends Meeting House), 1998.
Box 7
Stony Brook Friends Meeting House (aka Princeton), 1998.
Box 7
Randolph Friends Meeting House (aka Mendham), 1998.
Box 7
(Lower) Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House (aka Hancock's Bridge), 1998.
Box 7
Bordentown Friends Meeting House (now Bank annex), 1998.
Box 7
Trenton Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 7
Old Upper Springfield Friends Meeting House (now a private residence), 1998.
Box 7
Woodbury Friends Meeting House, 1998.
Box 7
Stanton Friends Meeting House (currently, Dentist Office), 1996.
Box 7
Mill Creek Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 7
Wilmington Friends Meeting House, undated.
Box 7
Camden Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 7
Centre Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 7
Odessa Friends Meeting House (aka Appoquinimink), 1996.
Box 7
Hockesin Friends Meeting House, 1996.
Box 7
Unami Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
George School Friends Meeting House (aka the rebuilt Twelfth Street Meeting House), 1996.
Box 7
Southampton Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
Kenett (Square) Friends Meeting House (Kennett Mounthly Meeting), 1997.
Box 7
Cheltenham Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
Yardley Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House (United Monthly Meeting), 1997.
Box 7
Westtown Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
Caln Friends Meeting House at Coatesville, 1999.
Box 7
Lansdowne (Hicksite) Friends Meeting House (currently the Apostolic Faith House of Prayer), 1999.
Box 7
West Grove (Western Quarterly) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House (1901); currently the Christiana Mennonite Church, 1999.
Box 7
West Grove (Hicksite) Friends Meeting House of 1901; currently the West Grove Free Will Baptist Church, 1997.
Box 7
West Philadelphia Friends Meeting House (currently used as a neighborhood arts center), 1999.
Box 7
Gwynedd Friends Meeting House (aka Faith Bible Church), 1997.
Box 7
Lampeter Friends Meeting House (formerly Leacock Meeting), 1999.
Box 7
Horsham (Orthodox) Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting House, 1997.
Box 7
Doe Run Friends Meeting House (also known as Derry), 1998.
Box 7

Drawings A-L.
Tube 1231-1
Drawings M-Z.
Tube 1231-2

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