Quaker Meeting House (Quakertown, New Jersey)

The Quaker Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at the intersection of Quakertown Road and White Bridge Road in the Quakertown section of Franklin Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. In 1733, Quaker settlers acquired four acres of land here and built a log house for their first meeting house. A stone church was built here in 1754.[2][3] The current building is a reconstruction built in 1862 using the original stones from that church. It is a key contributing property of the Quakertown Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1990. The adjoining burial ground is also contributing to the district.[2] The building is the only Quaker meeting house constructed in Hunterdon County.[4]

Quaker Meeting House
Quaker Meeting House in 2020
Quaker Meeting House is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Quaker Meeting House
Quaker Meeting House
40°33′59″N 74°56′37″W
LocationQuakertown Road, Quakertown, New Jersey
DenominationQuaker
Architecture
Completed1862
Quaker Meeting House
Part ofQuakertown Historic District (ID90001242[1])
Designated CPAugust 23, 1990
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References
  1. "National Register Information System – (#90001242)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Brecknell, Ursula C. (April 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Quakertown Historic District (Quaker Meeting)". National Park Service. With accompanying 46 photos
  3. Tvaryanas, Damon (1993). "Quakertown (Kingwood, Fairview, Bethlehem)". The New Jersey Quaker Meeting House: A Typology and Inventory. pp. 316–318.
  4. Greenagel, Frank L. "Quakertown Friends Meetinghouse". The New Jersey Churchscape. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9-780-8135-2990-5.


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