Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and School | |
 Front view in 2017 | |
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| Location | 1245 Birmingham Road, Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°54′20″N 75°35′42″W / 39.90556°N 75.59500°W |
| Area | 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) |
| Built | 1763 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000688[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 27, 1971 |
| Designated PHMC | September 1915[2] |
Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house at 1245 Birmingham Road in Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The current meetinghouse was built in 1763. The building and the adjacent cemetery were near the center of fighting on the afternoon of September 11, 1777 at the Battle of Brandywine. Worship services are held weekly at 10am.[3] The meetinghouse and adjacent octagonal schoolhouse were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and School on July 27, 1971.[4][5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Pennsylvania Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ Birmingham Monthly Meeting Archived 2011-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 3, 2011.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-12-09. Note: This includes Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (December 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and School" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-30.
- ^ "Historic Resource Information: Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse & School". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania].