Built 1696-1714 NRHP Reference # 98001194 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 5 August 1998 | Architectural style Other Designated NHL August 6, 1999 Phone +1 610-664-4210 | |
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Location 615 Montgomery Ave., Merion Station, Pennsylvania Architect local community of Friends Address 615 Montgomery Ave, Merion Station, PA 19066, USA Hours Open today · 8AM–10PMSunday8AM–10PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesdayClosedThursdayClosedFridayClosedSaturdayClosed Similar General Wayne Inn, Radnor Friends Meetinghouse, Augustus Lutheran Church, Merion station, Historical Society of Montgom | ||
Merion Friends Meeting House in Merion Station, Pennsylvania (a neighborhood in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania) is the second oldest Friends meeting house in the United States (after the Third Haven Meeting House in Maryland) and remains the place of worship of the Merion Monthly Meeting of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The meeting was founded by the first known group of Welsh settlers in the Americas (who arrived in 1682). The meeting house itself was constructed a few years later.
(The name "monthly meeting" reflects the self-governing organization of the Society of Friends. Groups of Quakers who meet each month to conduct business and make decisions regarding their own meetings will meet quarterly with members of other nearby meetings, and will meet yearly with all the Friends in their regional "yearly meeting.")
The meeting house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1999. A preservation campaign is underway to make needed repairs while retaining the original architecture and features.