Springfield Friends Meeting House

The Springfield Friends Meetinghouse is a Quaker meeting house that is located at 1001 Old Sproul Road in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

History and notable features

The Quakers who settled in Springfield founded a society of Friends in 1686. The first meetinghouse built here was erected in 1703 but was then destroyed by fire in 1737.^[1] That original building may have been built using stone but was more likely a log structure.

The construction of a new meetinghouse began in 1738. A stone building, it functioned as the meetinghouse for 113 years; it was then replaced in 1850 by a new structure that still stands today and is still an active worship center.^[2]^[3]

The Peace Center of Delaware County also operates out of the meetinghouse.^[4]

Notable burials

Edward Mifflin (1923–1971), Pennsylvania State Representative

References

^ Jordan, John W. (1912). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 397. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
^ Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. pp. 716-717. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Springfield Friends Meeting". fgcquakercloud.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Peace Center of Delaware County". delcopeacecenter.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

External links

Springfield Friends Burial Ground at Find a Grave

39°56′29″N 75°20′55″W / 39.941359°N 75.348524°W / 39.941359; -75.348524

[1] Jordan, John W. (1912). A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 397. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

[2] Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884). History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. pp. 716-717. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[3] "Springfield Friends Meeting". fgcquakercloud.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[4] "Peace Center of Delaware County". delcopeacecenter.org. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

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