Evesham Friends Meeting House

{{short description|Historic meetinghouse in New Jersey, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Evesham Friends Meeting House

| nrhp_type = nrhp

| image = Evesham_Friends_Meeting_House_(5).JPG

| caption =

| location = Moorestown-Mt. Laurel and Hainesport-Mt. Laurel Roads. (Evesboro Road), Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|39|56|5|N|74|53|32|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA New Jersey Burlington County#New Jersey#USA

| built = 1760

| architecture = Quaker architecture

| added = April 22, 1982

| area = {{convert|3.9|acre}}

| refnum = 82003268{{NRISref|2009a|refnum=82003268}}

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_date = April 21, 1981

| designated_other1_number = 849{{cite web |title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Burlington County |url=https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/BURLINGTON.pdf#page=13 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office |page=13 |date=March 25, 2024 }}

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| designated_other1_color = #ffc94b

}}

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.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82003268}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Evesham Friends Meeting House |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Nan |last1=Pillsbury |date=April 1979 }} With {{NRHP url|id=82003268|photos=y|title=accompanying 18 photos}}

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.{{cite web|title= Evesham Friends Meeting House, HABS NJ-31|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/nj/nj0300/nj0362/data/nj0362data.pdf|website=Library of Congress|publisher=Historic American Buildings Survey|accessdate=11 January 2016}}

File:Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer March 12, 1936 INTERIOR - EARLIEST PORTION - Evesham Friends Meeting House, Mount Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, HABS NJ,3-MOULA,1-3.tif|Interior of older section in 1936

File:Evesham Friends Meeting House, Mount Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, Burlington County, NJ HABS NJ,3-MOULA,1- (sheet 2 of 14).png|First floor plan

File:Evesham Friends Meeting House, Mount Laurel Road, Mount Laurel, Burlington County, NJ HABS NJ,3-MOULA,1- (sheet 1 of 14).tif|Plot plan