Built 1760 NRHP Reference # 82003268 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 22 April 1982 | Architectural style Quaker architecture Opened 1760 Phone +1 856-235-1561 | |
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Location Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads. (Evesboro Road), Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey Address 436 Mt Laurel Rd, Mt Laurel, NJ 08054, USA Similar Moorestown Friends School a, Paulsdale, Rancocas Creek, New Egypt Speedway, Laurita Winery | ||
Evesham Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads (Evesboro Road) in Mount Laurel, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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