Main Street Friends Meeting House

Main Street Friends Meeting House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	19 South Street, Medford, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°53′51″N74°49′19.8″W / 39.89750°N 74.822167°W / 39.89750; -74.822167
Built	1843 (1843)
NRHP reference No.	11000589 [1]
NJRHP No.	4348 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 24, 2011
Designated NJRHP	June 2, 2011

The Main Street Friends Meeting House, also known as the Medford Hicksite Meeting House, is a historic Quaker meeting house located in the township of Medford in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It was built from 1842 to 1843 by the Hicksite Sect of the Medford Friends. ^[3] The brick building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2011, for its significance in architecture. ^{[1] [4]}

History and description

The Society of Friends in Medford, then known as Upper Evesham, was organized in 1759. They built a new meeting house in 1814. The Friends split into two branches in 1827, Orthodox and Hicksite, followers of Elias Hicks. In 1823, the Hicksite sect in Medford built a new meeting house, now known as the Main Street Friends Meeting House, matching the 1814 building. It is a two-story brick building featuring modest architecture and a simple interior. In 1955, the two groups reunited, named Medford United Monthly Meeting. ^{[4] [5]}

The Medford Friends Hicksite Cemetery adjoins the property to the northeast. ^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#11000589)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2024. p. 11.
3. "Main Street Friends Meeting House (Medford Prepatory Friends Meeting House)". New Jersey Historic Trust.
4. Berkey, Joan (April 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Main Street Friends Meeting House". National Park Service. With accompanying 16 photos.
5. Woodward, E. M.; Hageman, John F. (1883). "Friends' Meeting of Upper Evesham, at Medford – Friends' Meeting at Medford". History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Many of Their Pioneers and Prominent Men. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. p. 366.

External links

• Official website
• "Main Street Meeting House". Historical Marker Database.