Wrightstown Friends Meeting Complex
Historic church in Pennsylvania, United States
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The Wrightstown Friends Meeting Complex is an historic Quaker meeting house that is located on PA 413 in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, United States.
LocationPA 413, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°15′55″N 74°59′0″W
Area14.7 acres (5.9 ha)
Built1787
Wrightstown Friends Meeting Complex | |
Wrightstown Friends Meeting House. October 2012. | |
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| Location | PA 413, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°15′55″N 74°59′0″W |
| Area | 14.7 acres (5.9 ha) |
| Built | 1787 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001624[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 29, 1975 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
History and notable features
Quaker activity in Wrightstown dates back to at least 1685. A log meetinghouse was built on the present site in 1708 and expanded in 1735 and 1737. A stone wall from the 1737 expansion was increased in height to two stories in 1787, as the present meetinghouse was built immediately to the north of the old meetinghouse. Edward Hicks, painter of The Peaceable Kingdom, attended services at this meetinghouse from 1814 to 1820.[2]