Quaker Meeting House | |
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40°33′59″N74°56′37″W / 40.56639°N 74.94361°W | |
Location | Quakertown Road, Quakertown, New Jersey |
Denomination | Quaker |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1862 |
Quaker Meeting House | |
Part of | Quakertown Historic District (ID90001242 [1] ) |
Designated CP | August 23, 1990 |
The Quaker Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at the intersection of Quakertown Road and White Bridge Road in the Quakertown section of Franklin Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. In 1733, Quaker settlers acquired four acres of land here and built a log house for their first meeting house. A stone church was built here in 1754. [2] [3] The current building is a reconstruction built in 1862 using the original stones from that church. It is a key contributing property of the Quakertown Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1990. The adjoining burial ground is also contributing to the district. [2] The building is the only Quaker meeting house constructed in Hunterdon County. [4]
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Quakertown is an unincorporated community located within Franklin Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was once known as Fairview. The area was settled by Quakers from Burlington County, who organized a meeting house here in 1733. The Quakertown Historic District was listed on the state and national registers of historic places in 1990.
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The Asbury Historic District is a 288-acre (117 ha) historic district encompassing the community of Asbury in Franklin Township of Warren County, New Jersey. It is bounded by County Route 632, County Route 643, Maple Avenue, Kitchen Road, and School Street and extends along the Musconetcong River into Bethlehem Township of Hunterdon County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 19, 1993 for its significance in architecture, industry, religion, community development, politics/government, and commerce. The district includes 141 contributing buildings, a contributing structure, two contributing sites, and four contributing objects.
The Raven Rock Historic District is a 53-acre (21 ha) historic district located along Daniel Bray Highway and Quarry Road in the hamlet of Raven Rock in Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 10, 2015, for its significance in architecture and community development. The district includes 15 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites and 13 contributing structures.
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