Springfield Friends Meeting House

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Springfield Friends Meetinghouse built in 1850
Sketch of Springfield Friends Meetinghouse from Henry Graham Ashmead book - History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1862

Springfield Friends Meetinghouse is a Quaker meeting house at 1001 Old Sproul Road in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Quakers who settled in Springfield founded a society of Friends in 1686. The first meetinghouse built in Springfield was in 1703 and was destroyed by fire in 1737.[1] The building was rumored to be made of stone but was more likely a log building. The construction of a new meetinghouse began in 1738 and was a stone building and functioned as the meetinghouse for 113 years until replaced by the current structure in 1850.[2]

The Springfield Friends meetinghouse is still an active worship center.[3] The Peace Center of Delaware County also operates out of the meetinghouse.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jordan, John W. (1912). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 397. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ^ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. pp. 716-717. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Springfield Friends Meeting". fgcquakercloud.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Peace Center of Delaware County". delcopeacecenter.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

Coordinates: 39°56′29″N 75°20′55″W / 39.941359°N 75.348524°W / 39.941359; -75.348524

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