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The Arch Street Meeting House, at 320 Arch Street at the corner of 4th Street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Built to reflect Friends' testimonies of simplicity and equality, this building is little changed after more than two centuries of continuous use.
[a] The Merion Friends Meeting House is the only surviving meeting house constructed before 1700. [3] Thirty-two surviving Pennsylvania meeting houses were constructed before 1800, and are listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) or as contributing properties in historic districts . [ 4 ]
The new Quaker meeting house is the first to be built in Philadelphia in eighty years. [2] The Meeting House is an active center for worship and the activities of the Monthly Meeting. [3] Since 1955, it has been a part of the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. [4] The meeting has participated in the Yearly Meetings of Friends.
Frankford (Preparative) Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Its oldest parts having been built in 1775–1776, it is significant as the oldest surviving meeting house in Philadelphia.
The Race Street Meetinghouse is an historic and still active Quaker meetinghouse at 1515 Cherry Street in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] The meetinghouse served as the site of the Yearly Meeting of the Hicksite sect of the Religious Society of Friends, known as the Quakers, from 1857 to 1955.
Ifield Friends Meeting House, one of the oldest purpose-built Quaker buildings in the world. Britain Yearly Meeting is the organization of Quakers in England, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.
The current structure will be renovated and used for the expanded home of Pathway to Wellness.
Chichester Friends Meeting House near Philadelphia, built 1769 Interior of the Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia, built 1805 A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held.