Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
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Newtown Friends Meetinghouse. October 2012.
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LocationCourt St., Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°13′31″N74°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]

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

Notable interments

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Lois C. Mammel, Kenneth A. Mammel, and Susan Zacher (October 1976). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 10, 2025.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Downloading may be slow.)
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