Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse. October 2012.
LocationCourt St., Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°13′31″N 74°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]

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. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2012. Note: This includes Lois C. Mammel; Kenneth A. Mammel & Susan Zacher (October 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved October 29, 2012.
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