Evesham Friends Meeting House Explained

Evesham Friends Meeting House
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Location:Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads. (Evesboro Road), Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey
Coordinates:39.9347°N -74.8922°W
Built:1760
Architecture:Quaker architecture
Added:April 22, 1982
Refnum:82003268
Designated Other1 Name:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Abbr:NJRHP
Designated Other1 Link:New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Date:April 21, 1981
Designated Other1 Number:849[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. ffc94b

The Evesham Friends Meeting House, also known as the Mount Laurel Meeting House, is a historic Quaker meeting house located at Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads (Evesboro Road) in the township of Mount Laurel in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1982, for its significance in architecture, military history, and religion.[2]

The meeting house was built in 1760 from local sandstone and expanded in 1798. It is the second oldest extent Quaker meeting house in Burlington County. The original meeting house on the site was built in 1698 behind the current building. A movable partition divides the older, eastern section from the newer section. During the Orthodox-Hicksite split, adherents of the Orthodox view met in the older section, while the Hicksites met in the newer section.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office . 13 . March 25, 2024 .
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82003268}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evesham Friends Meeting House ]. National Park Service. Nan . Pillsbury . April 1979 . With
  3. Web site: Evesham Friends Meeting House, HABS NJ-31. Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. 11 January 2016.