Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

Newtown Friends Meetinghouse. October 2012.
Location Court St., Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°13′32.5″N 74°56′08.4″W / 40.225694°N 74.935667°W / 40.225694; -74.935667Coordinates: 40°13′32.5″N 74°56′08.4″W / 40.225694°N 74.935667°W / 40.225694; -74.935667
Built 1817
NRHP Reference # 77001129[1]
Added to NRHP July 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 the contributing cemetery.[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Notable interments

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. 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 2012-10-29.


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