Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House Explained

Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House
Location:21 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, New Jersey
Coordinates:39.6033°N -74.3414°W
Architecture:Mid 19th Century Revival
Added:December 9, 2002
Refnum:02001511
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:October 18, 2002
Designated Other1 Number:4088[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. ffc94b

The Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meetinghouse located at 21 E. Main Street in the borough of Tuckerton in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The meetinghouse was built in 1863. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 2002, for its significance in architecture and religion.[3] Little Egg Harbor Meeting is part of Burlington Quarterly Meeting which is part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Friends continue to meet at Little Egg Harbor Meeting on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House shares its property with the Friends Burial Ground, which includes graves from the Parker, Pharo, and Ridgeway families.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Ocean County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office . 10 . December 20, 2022 .
  2. Web site: Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House . 2002 . Historic American Buildings Survey.
  3. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=02001511}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House ]. National Park Service. Lavoie. Catherine C. . October 2001. With