Middletown Friends Meetinghouse
Middletown Friends Meetinghouse is a Historic Quaker meeting house at 435 Middletown Road in Lima, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is one of the oldest Friends meetinghouses in what was originally Chester County.[1]
The first mention of an organized Friends meeting in Middletown Township was in 1686.[2] The location and construction of a meetinghouse was noted in 1699 and the Middletown Friends Meetinghouse was completed in 1702.[3]
During the 1790s, the building was doubled in size through the addition of a separate apartment. In the 1880s, the meetinghouse was reconfigured creating a more church-like appearance and orientation.[4]
The Middletown Friends meetinghouse is an active worship center.[5]
John Edwards, the Congressman from Pennsylvania is interred at the Middletown Friends Meetinghouse cemetery.[6]
References
- ↑ Lavoie, Catherine. "Historic American Buildings Survey" (PDF). www.loc.gov. U.S. Department of Interior. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ Jordan, John W (1912). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 396. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ↑ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 613. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ Lavoie, Catherine. "Historic American Buildings Survey" (PDF). www.cdn.loc.gov. U.S. Department of Interior. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "Middletown Quakers website". middletownquakers.org. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "Edward, John (1786 - 1843)". www.bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
Coordinates: 39°55′27″N 75°26′37″W / 39.924268°N 75.443558°W