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Concord Friends Meetinghouse

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Built
  
1728

Opened
  
1728

Added to NRHP
  
17 June 1977

NRHP Reference #
  
77001164

Area
  
1 ha

Concord Friends Meetinghouse

Location
  
Old Concord Rd., Concordville, Pennsylvania

Similar
  
Darby Meeting, Bradford Friends Meetinghouse, Newlin Mill Complex, Old Kennett Meetinghouse, Brandywine Battlefield

Concord friends meetinghouse top 5 facts


Concord Friends Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Old Concord Road in Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The meeting was first organized sometime before 1697, as the sixth Quaker meeting in what was then Chester County. In 1697 the meeting leased its current location for "one peppercorn yearly forever" from John Mendenhall. A log structure was built in 1710. The current structure was built in 1728. After a fire which completely destroyed the interior, the meetinghouse was rebuilt and enlarged in 1788. During the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777, which was fought a few miles to the west, wounded American soldiers took refuge in the meetinghouse.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is located in the Concordville Historic District.

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Concord Friends Meetinghouse Wikipedia