Bradford Friends Meetinghouse Explained
Bradford Friends Meetinghouse, also known as Marshallton Meeting House, is a historic Quaker meeting house located at Marshallton in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1764–1765, and is a one-story, stone structure with a gable roof. A porch was added to two sides of the building in the 19th century. The interior is divided into four rooms, rather than the customary two. Abraham Marshall, father of botanist Humphry Marshall was instrumental in the establishment of the meeting in the 1720s.[1] [2] [3] The meeting originally met from 1722 to 1727 at the Marshall home, Derbydown Homestead, from 1722 to 1727.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It is located in the Marshallton Historic District.
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Notes and References
- Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. December 9, 2012. July 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H079504_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bradford Friends Meetinghouse]. 2012-10-30. Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks. PDF. February 1971.
- Book: Historic American Buildings Survey . Quaker Information Center . Silent Witness: Quaker Meetinghouse in the Delaware Valley, 1695 to Present . Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends . 2003 . Philadelphia . 52 . Text and photographs by HABS
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bradford Friends Meeting House - NRHP Nomination, 1971
- Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. December 9, 2012. July 21, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H001535_01H.pdf}} Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey Form: Derbydown Homestead]. 2012-12-15. Pennsylvania Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks. PDF. August 1971.
