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Free Quaker Meetinghouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
(2013)
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Location	SW corner of 5th and Arch Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′09″N 75°08′55″W / 39.95250°N 75.14861°W / 39.95250; -75.14861
Built	1783
NRHP reference No.	71000063
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1971

The Free Quaker Meetinghouse is a historic Free Quaker meeting house at the southeast corner of 5th and Arch Streets in the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1783, and is a plain 2 1⁄2-story brick building with a gable roof. The second floor was added in 1788. The building was moved about 30 feet (9.1 m) to its present site in 1961, to allow for the widening of Fifth Street.

Quaker meetings were held in the building until 1836, after which it was occupied by the Apprentices' Library Company of Philadelphia until 1897.

The meetinghouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

References

Notes

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-18. Note: This includes Mary C. Means (June 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Free Quaker Meetinghouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-16.

External links

• Visiting information
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1120, "Free Quakers Meetinghouse, 500 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 11 photos, 23 measured drawings, 3 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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