Evesham Friends Meeting House
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| Location | Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads. (Evesboro Road), Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 39°56′5″N 74°53′32″W / 39.93472°N 74.89222°W |
| Area | 3.9 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1760 |
| Architectural style | Quaker architecture |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003268[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 849[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | April 22, 1982 |
| Designated NJRHP | April 21, 1981 |
The Evesham Friends Meeting House, also known as the Mount Laurel Meeting House, is a historic Quaker meeting house located at Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads (Evesboro Road) in the township of Mount Laurel in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1982, for its significance in architecture, military history, and religion.[1][3]
The meeting house was built in 1760 from local sandstone and expanded in 1798. It is the second oldest extent Quaker meeting house in Burlington County. The original meeting house on the site was built in 1698 behind the current building. A movable partition divides the older, eastern section from the newer section. During the Orthodox-Hicksite split, adherents of the Orthodox view met in the older section, while the Hicksites met in the newer section.[4]
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Interior of older section in 1936 -
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See also
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[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#82003268)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 13.
- ^ Pillsbury, Nan (April 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evesham Friends Meeting House". National Park Service. With accompanying 18 photos
- ^ "Evesham Friends Meeting House, HABS NJ-31" (PDF). Library of Congress. Historic American Buildings Survey. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
External links
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Media related to Evesham Friends Meeting House at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-31, "Evesham Friends Meeting House, Mount Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, Burlington County, NJ", 3 photos, 15 measured drawings, 3 data pages, supplemental material
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- 18th-century Quaker meeting houses
- Churches completed in 1760
- Churches in Burlington County, New Jersey
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Mount Laurel, New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places in Burlington County, New Jersey
- Quaker meeting houses in New Jersey
- New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- Historic American Buildings Survey in New Jersey