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Middletown Friends Meetinghouse

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The first mention of an organized Friends meeting in Middletown Township was in 1686. The location and construction of a meetinghouse was noted in 1699 and the Middletown Friends Meetinghouse was completed in 1702. After a doctrinal split between Philadelphia Quakers, a number of "orthodox" members
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During the 1790s, the building was doubled in size through the addition of a separate apartment. In the 1880s, the meetinghouse was reconfigured creating a more church-like appearance and orientation.
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Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting Burying Ground, a.k.a. Middletown Hicksite Friends Cemetery
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were forced out of the Meeting. They built another meetinghouse slightly to the south in 1835.
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The other Middletown Friends meetinghouse at 435 N Middletown Road is an active worship center.
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Benches inside Middletown Friends Meetinghouse from Historic American Buildings Survey Photo
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Interior of Middletown Friends Meetinghouse from Historic American Buildings Survey Photo
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Active Middletown Friends Meeting House Lima PA at 435 N Middletown Road
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Middletown Preparative Meetinghouse at 513 N Old Middletown Rd
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Historic Quaker church in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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Middletown Preparative Meetinghouse front view



Quaker
Lima
Middletown Township
Delaware County
Pennsylvania
United States
Chester County
John Edwards
"Zoning Map"
Middletown Township
"Historic American Buildings Survey"
A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People
History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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"Historic American Buildings Survey"
"Middletown Quakers website"
"Edward, John (1786–1843)"
Middletown Preparative Friends Meeting Burying Ground, a.k.a. Middletown Hicksite Friends Cemetery
Find a Grave
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Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Lima
Wawa

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