Radnor Friends Meetinghouse Explained

Radnor Friends Meetinghouse
Location:Sproul and Conestoga Rds., Ithan, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.03°N -75.3647°W
Built:1717
Added:August 31, 1978
Refnum:78002393

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.

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.[1]

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.[2] During the Revolutionary War, the meeting house was used as an outpost for General George Washington's Continental Army.[3]

The meeting house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Worship services are held weekly at 10 a.m.

See also

External links

20 photos, 2 color transparencies, 4 measured drawings, 19 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jordan. John W.. A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. 1912. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. New York. 397. 21 June 2017.
  2. Book: Ashmeade. Henry Graham. History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. 1884. L.H. Everts & Co.. Philadelphia. 687. 16 June 2017.
  3. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-01-07. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000700_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Radnor Friends Meetinghouse]. 2012-01-06. Elisabeth Donaghy and Bud Wolf. PDF. May 1976.