Springfield Friends Meetinghouse built in 1850
Springfield Friends Meetinghouse in Henry Graham Ashmead's "History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania," 1862

The Springfield Friends Meetinghouse is a Quaker meeting house that is located at 1001 Old Sproul Road in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History and notable features

The Quakers who settled in Springfield founded a society of Friends in 1686. The first meetinghouse built here was erected in 1703 but was then destroyed by fire in 1737.[1] That original building may have been built using stone but was more likely a log structure.

The construction of a new meetinghouse began in 1738. A stone building, it functioned as the meetinghouse for 113 years; it was then replaced in 1850 by a new structure that still stands today and is still an active worship center.[2][3]

The Peace Center of Delaware County also operates out of the meetinghouse.[4]

Notable burials

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.

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