Quaker School | |
Location | York and Penn Streets, Burlington, New Jersey |
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Coordinates | 40°4′48″N74°51′22″W / 40.08000°N 74.85611°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1792 |
NRHP reference No. | 74001156 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 31, 1974 |
Quaker School is a historic Quaker school at York and Penn Streets in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
It was built in 1792 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [2]
Burlington is a city situated on the banks of the Delaware River in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,743, a decrease of 177 (−1.8%) from the 9,920 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 184 (+1.9%) from the 9,736 counted in the 2000 census. The city, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
Moorestown is a township in Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is an eastern suburb of Philadelphia and geographically part of the South Jersey region of the state. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 21,355, an increase of 629 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 20,726, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,709 (+9.0%) from the 19,017 counted in the 2000 census. The township, and all of Burlington County, is a part of the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden combined statistical area and the Delaware Valley.
Chesterfield, originally known as Recklesstown, is an unincorporated community located around the intersection of County Route 528 and County Route 677 in Chesterfield Township of Burlington County, New Jersey.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey. There are more than 1,700 listed sites in New Jersey. Of these, 58 are further designated as National Historic Landmarks. All 21 counties in New Jersey have listings on the National Register.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 4, 2023.
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.
Crosswicks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located along the Crosswicks Creek in the northern part of Chesterfield Township in Burlington County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08515.
Vincentown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on the South Branch Rancocas Creek in Southampton Township of Burlington County, New Jersey. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08088.
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Burlington County, New Jersey
Cropwell Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at 810 Cropwell Road in the Cropwell section of Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
Evesham Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.
Moorestown Friends School and Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker school and meetinghouse on Main Street at Chester Avenue in Moorestown Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The Friends Meeting hosts Quaker worship every Sunday in the meetinghouse, as well as a variety of events, including Christmas Eve meetings for worship and youth activities.
The Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meetinghouse located at 21 E. Main Street in the borough of Tuckerton in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The meetinghouse was built in 1863. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 2002, for its significance in architecture and religion. Little Egg Harbor Meeting is part of Burlington Quarterly Meeting which is part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Friends continue to meet at Little Egg Harbor Meeting on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
The Mercer Street Friends Center is located at 151 Mercer Street in the Mill Hill neighborhood of the city Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey. Built in 1858, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1971, for its significance in architecture, religion, and social history. It was added as a contributing property to the Mill Hill Historic District in 1977. It now houses the main offices of Mercer Street Friends, a Trenton-based Quaker-affiliated social service agency founded in 1958.
Rancocas is an unincorporated community located within Westampton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey. The name derives from the Native American word Rankokous, which was used in the name of the Powhatan Lenape Nation Indian Reservation located in Westampton Township. The name was also known as a sub-tribe of the Ancocus. The Reservation was a popular tourist destination for visitors from the Philadelphia area, New York, and local residents, before the Reservation became Rancocas State Park.
Arneytown is an unincorporated community located along Province Line Road on the border of North Hanover Township in Burlington County and Upper Freehold Township in Monmouth County of New Jersey. It is two miles (3.2 km) north of Jacobstown. Province Line Road was on the boundary line between the Provinces of East Jersey and West Jersey. The area was once called Upper Freehold by 18th-century Quaker settlers. With the establishment of the first post office in 1827, it became known as Arneytown.
The Brainerd Schoolhouse is a one-room schoolhouse located at 35 Brainerd Street in Mount Holly Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1759, it is the oldest building of its type in the state and now a museum. Listed as the John Brainard School, it was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936. Listed as the Old Schoolhouse, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 26, 2008, for its significance in education. It is a contributing property to the Mount Holly Historic District. It is owned and operated by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America.
Stokes-Evans House, also commonly known as the Harvest House Mansion, is brick structure that was built in 1842 by Isaac Stokes for his retirement, and is located in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Three other prominent Quaker citizens of Marlton, Ezra Evans and Henry and Mark Lippincott, also owned and occupied this house. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
Revell House, also known as the Hutchinson-Revell House, in Burlington, New Jersey, is the oldest building in Burlington County and one of the oldest residences in New Jersey. It was constructed in 1685 by George Hutchinson, a wealthy Quaker distiller, and sold to Thomas Revell who used it as offices from 1696 to 1699. Originally located at 8 East Pearl Street, the building was relocated to 213 Wood Street in 1966.
The Burlington Historic District in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, is a historic district bounded by the Delaware River and High, West Broad, Talbot, and Reed streets; it is listed on state and federal registers of historic places. The oldest building in Burlington County and one of the oldest residences in New Jersey, the Revell House, is a contributing property. St. Mary's Episcopal Church, built in 1703 and the oldest church in New Jersey, is also within the district; the new St. Mary's, designed by Richard Upjohn and completed in 1854, has separate status as a National Historic Landmark. This district is adjacent to the city's High Street Historic District.
The High Street Historic District in Burlington, New Jersey, is a historic district listed on state and federal registers of historic places. It is adjacent to the city's Burlington Historic District. The district, which is a certified local district, comprises the buildings at 201–467 and 200–454 High Street and 13–37 and 10–22 East Broad. The boundary increase of 2014 includes the building at 6 West Pearl Street, a brewery building dating from 1682, now a residence.