Radnor Friends Meetinghouse
Radnor Friends Meetinghouse | |
Radnor Friends Meetinghouse in November 2009 | |
| Location | Sproul and Conestoga Rds., Ithan, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°1′48″N 75°21′53″W / 40.03000°N 75.36472°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1717 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002393[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 31, 1978 |
The Radnor Friends Meetinghouse is an historic, American Quaker meeting house that is located on Sproul and Conestoga Roads in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
The meeting house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
History and architectural features
In 1686, there were sufficient number of Friends in Radnor township to begin meetings at the house of John Jerman, a Quaker minister.[2]
The current meeting house was built in 1717 with an addition made several years later. An earlier meeting house existed on the site as early as 1693.[3] During the Revolutionary War, the meeting house was used as an outpost for General George Washington's Continental Army.[4]
Worship services are held weekly at 10 a.m.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Jordan, John W. (1912). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 397. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
- ^ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 687. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ^ Elisabeth Donaghy and Bud Wolf (May 1976). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Radnor Friends Meetinghouse. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 17, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
External links
Media related to Radnor Friends Meetinghouse at Wikimedia Commons
- Radnor Monthly Meeting History
- Radnor Friends Meeting House, Southwest corner of Sproul & Conestoga Roads, Ithan, Delaware County, PA: 20 photos, 2 color transparencies, 4 measured drawings, 19 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey