Providence Friends Meetinghouse
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Providence Friends Meetinghouse is a Historic Quaker meeting house at 105 North Providence Road in Media, Pennsylvania. It is still an active worship center.{{Cite web |title=Providence Friends Meetinghouse |url=https://www.fgcquaker.org/cloud/providence-friends-meeting |website=www.fgcquaker.org |access-date=20 June 2017}}
History
The first mention of the Providence Friends meeting was in 1696 when it was recorded that a meeting will be held "At Thomas Minshall's every First and Fourth day."{{Cite book |last1=Ashmead |first1=Henry Graham |title=History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania |date=1884 |publisher=L. H. Everts & Co. |location=Philadelphia |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924006215655/page/n2 655]-656 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924006215655 |access-date=20 June 2017}} The meeting was moved from Thomas Minshall's house in 1700 to a log building which was replaced by a stone structure in 1727.
In 1753, the previous stone structure was removed and replaced with a larger stone building that stands today.{{Cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=John W. |title=A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People |date=1912 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |location=New York |page=397 |url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofdelawar02jord#page/n7/mode/2up |access-date=20 June 2017}}
John Martin Broomall, the U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district was known to attend the Providence Friends Meetinghouse and spoke there several times.{{Cite web |last1=Humes |first1=Doug |title=In search of Broomall... |url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/marplenewtown/bp--in-search-of-broomall |website=www.patch.com |access-date=12 September 2018}}
The Providence Friends Meetinghouse continues to be an active worship center.{{Cite web |title=Providence Friends Meetinghouse |url=https://www.fgcquaker.org/cloud/providence-friends-meeting |website=www.fgcquaker.org |access-date=20 June 2017}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|providencemeeting.org}}
- {{HABS |survey=PA-180 |id=pa0421 |title=Quaker Meetinghouse, Media, Delaware County, PA |photos=1}}
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Category:18th-century Quaker meeting houses
Category:Churches completed in 1753
Category:Churches in Delaware County, Pennsylvania