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While meetinghouse design evolved over time to a standardization of the double-cell structure without explicit guidelines for building, the meeting house's reflective architecture revealed a deeper meaning. The meeting house design manifested and enhanced Quaker Testimonies and the cultivation of the Inner Light that was essential to Friends.
This is a list of Friends meeting houses. Numerous Friends meeting houses are individually notable, either for their congregations or events or for architecture of their historic buildings. Some in the United Kingdom are registered as listed buildings , and in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Also used for meetings of the Pennsylvania General Assembly and Provincial Council. [23] West side of Front Street, between Race and Vine Streets, Philadelphia: Bank Meeting House [f] 1703 A large two-story, three-bay brick building, 50 ft (15 m) square, with separate entrances for men and women. [24]: 28
Although meeting houses were constructed in the region as early as the city's founding in the 1680s, most were replaced by the nineteenth century. Frankford Meeting House was originally erected as a single-cell, three-by-two-bay structure. In 1811–12, a smaller two-bay-wide section was added to accommodate the growing meeting.
Union meeting This is a monthly gathering of several congregations, and follows the format of the Sunday morning meetings. Union meetings are not open to the public. Special meeting(s) Special meetings are annual gatherings of members from a large area. Each is held as a private gathering, often in a rented hall.
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Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at 4th and West Streets in Wilmington, Delaware in the Quaker Hill neighborhood. The meeting is still active with a membership of about 400 and is part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. It was built in 1815–1817 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.