Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse

Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse (also called Hancock's Bridge Friends Meetinghouse and Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse) is a historic Quaker meeting house on Buttonwood Avenue, 150 feet west of Main Street in the Hancock's Bridge section of Lower Alloways Creek Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1756 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.[3] It was later added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 2003, for its significance in architecture.[4]

Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse is located in Salem County, New Jersey
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse is located in New Jersey
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse is located in the United States
Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse
LocationButtonwood Avenue, 150 feet west of Main Street
Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey
Coordinates39°30′8″N 75°27′33″W
Built1756 (1756)
Architectural styleColonial
NRHP reference No.03001306[1]
NJRHP No.4208[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 2003
Designated NJRHPOctober 28, 2003

History

The first meeting house for the Alloways Creek Meeting was built on the bank of Alloway Creek in 1685. The second was built in 1718. The third was built here in 1756 on land donated by William Hancock. An addition was constructed in 1784, adding a second story. The building is constructed of brick featuring Flemish bond.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System – (#03001306)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Salem County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2022. p. 1.
  3. "Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meeting House". Historic American Buildings Survey.
  4. Koehler, Sheila (February 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse". National Park Service. With accompanying 49 photos, from 2002
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