Old Haverford Friends Meetinghouse
Meetinghouse in the United States
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The Old Haverford Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at 235 East Eagle Road in Oakmont, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
| Old Haverford Friends Meeting House | |
|---|---|
The structure in 2011 | |
 Old Haverford Friends Meeting House | |
| Location | Oakmont, Haverford Township, Pennsylvania, US |
| Address | 235 East Eagle Road |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Quaker |
| Website | oldhaverford |
| History | |
| Status | Active |
| Founded | 1684 1693 (formal charter) |
| Founder(s) | John Bevan, among others |
| Architecture | |
Years built | 1684 (burial ground) 1688 (log house) |
| Clergy | |
| Pastor(s) | Barb Urban & Steve Loughin |
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History
The burial ground attached to Old Haverford Friends Meetinghouse was laid out in 1684.[1] In 1688, the log meetinghouse was built. A stone meetinghouse was subsequently completed in 1700.[2] It is believed that the southern portion of the meetinghouse, with its rougher masonry, is the original stone building.[3] It cost an estiamted £158 pounds sterling to construct (£28,873.99 in 2026).[4] William Penn preached there soon after construction was complete and often attended worship.[5] The northern portion of the building was expanded in 1800, being made more "commodious and comfortable."[6]
Congregation
Despite holding meetings as early 1684, the congregation was formally founded in 1693, chartered by trustees including John Bevan,[7] who had a plaque at the location dedicated to him in 1927.[8]
Old Haverford Friends Meeting is an active faith community and center for worship,[9] although does not see the numbers of attendance it did in the 18th and 19th centuries.[6]
Sources
- Ashmead, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- Bevan, Ethel (1991). The Bevan Family. Mennonite Press. p. 8.
- Eckfeldt, John W. (1917). Cobb's Creek in the Days of the Old Powder Mill. A. H. Sickler Company. p. 103.
- Friends' Historical Association (1921). Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association. p. 59.
- Jordan, John Woolf (1914). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Its People. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. ISBN 978-5-87656-902-8.
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