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Quakertown. NRHP reference No. 110002000 [1] Added to NRHP. April 20, 2011. The Quakertown Historic District is a historic district which includes most of Quakertown, Pennsylvania. It encompasses, 386 acres and 2,197 contributing buildings. [2]
Curtis Worth Fentress FAIA RIBA (born 1947) is an American architect. He is currently the principal-in-charge of design at Fentress Architects, an international design studio he founded in Denver, Colorado in 1980. Fentress' work on Denver International Airport, Incheon International Airport and his modernization of Los Angeles International ...
Charles Allan Haertling (October 21, 1928 - April 20, 1984) was an American architect, whose works often combined elements of modernism and organic architecture. He is best known for his distinctive residential projects in and around Boulder and Denver, Colorado.
The architecture of Albany, New York, embraces a variety of architectural styles ranging from the early 18th century to the present. The city's roots date from the early 17th century and few buildings survive from that era or from the 18th and early 19th century. The completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 triggered a building boom, which ...
Quakertown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2020, it had a population of 9,359. [3] The borough is 15 miles (24 km) south of Allentown and Bethlehem and 40 miles (64 km) north of Philadelphia, making Quakertown a border town of both the Delaware Valley and Lehigh Valley metropolitan areas.
History and architectural features. Built in 1772 as the first permanent residence in Quakertown, this historic structure is a two-story, 15 feet (4.6 meters) by fifteen-foot building with one room per floor. It was built using native fieldstone and has a half gambrel roof. It represents a simple colonial Quaker style of design.
Friends meeting house. A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held. Typically, Friends meeting houses are simple and resemble local residential buildings. Steeples, spires, and ornamentation are usually avoided. [citation needed] When Quakers speak of a ...
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