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Uwchlan Meetinghouse

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
73001606

Added to NRHP
  
20 September 1973

Built
  
1756

Opened
  
1756

Uwchlan Meetinghouse

Location
  
N. Village Ave. (Rte. 113), Lionville, Pennsylvania

Uwchlan Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located on North Village Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 113) at Lionville in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1756, and is a 2 12-story, rubble fieldstone structure with a gable roof. During the winter of 1777–78, it was used as a hospital by the Continental Army at Valley Forge and staffed by Dr. Bodo Otto (1711–1787).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

Uwchlan Meetinghouse Wikipedia