Parkersville Friends Meetinghouse | |
Location | South of Parkersville off Pennsylvania Route 926, Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°53′10″N75°38′44″W / 39.88611°N 75.64556°W |
Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
Built | 1830 |
NRHP reference No. | 73001610 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 20, 1973 |
Parkersville Friends Meetinghouse, also known as Kennett Preparative Meeting of Friends, is a historic Quaker meeting house located in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1830, and rebuilt in 1917 after a fire. [2] It is a one-story, stone building with a gable roof.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
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