Newtown Friends Meetinghouse And Cemetery
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.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Notable interments
- Edward Hicks (1780–1849), Quaker minister and American folk artist
- Michael Hutchinson Jenks (1795–1867), U.S. Congressman
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-10-29. Note: This includes Lois C. Mammel; Kenneth A. Mammel & Susan Zacher (October 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-29.
External links
- Official website
- Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Newtown Friends Meeting Cemetery
- Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
