Free Quaker Meetinghouse facts for kids
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Free Quaker Meetinghouse
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 Location in Philadelphia
Location in Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
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| Location | SW corner of 5th and Arch Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 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.
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