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Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°50′26″N 75°9′4″W / 39.84056°N 75.15111°W / 39.84056; -75.15111
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1715
NRHP reference No.	73001100
NJRHP No.	1439
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 6, 1973
Designated NJRHP	May 1, 1972

The Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse is located at 120 North Broad Street in the city of Woodbury in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. The Friends meeting house was built in 1715 and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1936. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1973, for its significance in architecture and religion.

History and description

The western side of the meetinghouse was built in 1715 and the eastern side in 1785. The two-story building is constructed using red brick, with Flemish bond and glazed brick on the western side. It was used by the Quakers in the Woodbury area, including the Whitall family. During the American Revolutionary War, it was used as a barracks by the British Army and as a hospital after the Battle of Red Bank in 1777.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• James Whitall Jr. House
• James and Ann Whitall House

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#73001100)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Gloucester County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 27, 2023. p. 7.
3. "Friends Meetinghouse". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1936.
4. ^ Bassett, William B. (June 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse". National Park Service. With accompanying photo

External links

• Media related to Friends Meetinghouse (Woodbury, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-80, "Friends Meetinghouse, 120 North Broad Street, Woodbury, Gloucester County, NJ", 2 photos, 20 measured drawings, 4 data pages, supplemental material

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Landmarks	Red Bank Battlefield
Districts	Mullica Hill Historic District Pitman Grove
Places of worship	Downer Methodist Episcopal Church Memorial Presbyterian Church Moravian Church Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery Richwood Methodist Church St. Peter's Episcopal Church St. Thomas Episcopal Church Trinity Church Upper Greenwich Friends Meetinghouse Woodbury Friends' Meetinghouse
Houses	Butler Farm Jesse Chew House Benjamin Clark House Hunter–Lawrence–Jessup House Ladd's Castle George Jr. and Sarah Morgan House C. A. Nothnagle Log House Bodo Otto House John C. Rulon House Gov. Charles C. Stratton House Thompson House James Whitall Jr. House Whitney Mansion
Buildings	Barnsboro Hotel Carpenter Street School Free Library and Reading Room-Williamstown Memorial Library G. G. Green's Block Hall Street School Mount Pleasant School Richardson Avenue School West Jersey Rail Road Glassboro Depot
Sites	Salisbury Farm
Structures	Tinicum Island Rear Range Light
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

• Woodbury, New Jersey
• Brick buildings and structures in New Jersey
• 1715 establishments in the Thirteen Colonies
• 18th-century Quaker meeting houses
• Churches completed in 1715
• Churches in Gloucester County, New Jersey
• Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Gloucester County, New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places
• Quaker meeting houses in New Jersey
• Historic American Buildings Survey in New Jersey