Moorestown Friends School and Meetinghouse

Moorestown Friends School and Meetinghouse
The welcome sign in front of the meeting house
Location Main Street at Chester Avenue, Moorestown Township, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°57′49″N 74°56′30″W / 39.96361°N 74.94167°W / 39.96361; -74.94167Coordinates: 39°57′49″N 74°56′30″W / 39.96361°N 74.94167°W / 39.96361; -74.94167
Area 40 acres (16 ha)
Built 1802 (1802)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference # 86003796[1]
NJRHP # 837[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP July 22, 1988
Designated NJRHP June 16, 1986

Moorestown Friends School and Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker school and meeting house on Main Street at Chester Avenue in Moorestown Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The meeting house hosts Quaker meeting every Sunday and a variety of annual events, including Christmas Eve meeting for worship and Quaker game night.

It was built in 1802 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[3]


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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (March 13, 2009). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. February 12, 2018. p. 11.
  3. ↑ Pillsbury, Nan (July 22, 1988). "NRHP Nomination: Moorestown Friends School and Meetinghouse". National Park Service. "Accompanying 43 photos".


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