Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Coordinates40°13′31″N 74°56′09″W / 40.22528°N 74.93583°W / 40.22528; -74.93583
Built1817
NRHPreferenceNo.77001129[1]
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse. October 2012.
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is located in Pennsylvania
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is located in the United States
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
LocationCourt St., Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°13′31″N 74°56′09″W / 40.22528°N 74.93583°W / 40.22528; -74.93583
Built1817
NRHP reference No.77001129[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1977

Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is a historic Quaker meetinghouse and cemetery in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1817, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone building with a gable roof. It measures 60 feet by 40 feet, 6 bays long and 3 bays deep. A one-story porch was added in 1866, and the second floor was added in 1900. Also on the property is a contributing horse shed, built in 1819. Adjacent to the meeting house is a contributing cemetery.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

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