Camden Friends Meetinghouse


Camden Friends Meetinghouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Camden Friends Meetinghouse, HABS Photo, 1936
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Location	Commerce St., Camden, Delaware
Coordinates	39°6′52″N 75°32′54″W / 39.11444°N 75.54833°W / 39.11444; -75.54833Coordinates: 39°6′52″N 75°32′54″W / 39.11444°N 75.54833°W / 39.11444; -75.54833
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1805
Built by	Hunn, Jonathan; Hunn, Patience
NRHP Reference #	73000485^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 03, 1973

Camden Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located on Commerce Street in Camden, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1805, and is a two-story, gambrel-roofed, brick building. The roof is punctuated by two shed roofed dormers. The second floor housed a school that operated from 1805 to 1882.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.^[1]

The Meetinghouse's cemetery contains the remains of noted abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor John Hunn and his son, Delaware Governor John Hunn.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Vincent Rogers (July 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Camden Friends Meetinghouse" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying four photos

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. DE-5, "Camden Friends Meetinghouse, East Camden-Wyoming Avenue, Camden, Kent County, DE", 1 photo, 2 data pages, supplemental material

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Delaware

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