Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Newtown Friends Meetinghouse. October 2012.
Location	Court St., Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°13′32.5″N 74°56′08.4″W / 40.225694°N 74.935667°WCoordinates: 40°13′32.5″N 74°56′08.4″W / 40.225694°N 74.935667°W
Built	1817
NRHP Reference #	77001129[1]
Added to NRHP	July 21, 1977

Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery is a historic Quaker meetinghouse and cemetery in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1817, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone building with a gable roof. It measures 60 feet by 40 feet, 6 bays long and 3 bays deep. A one-story porch was added in 1866, and the second floor was added in 1900. Also on the property is a contributing horse shed, built in 1819. Adjacent to the meeting house is the contributing cemetery.^[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

Notable interments

• Edward Hicks (1780–1849), Quaker minister and American folk artist
• Michael Hutchinson Jenks (1795–1867), U.S. Congressman

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Lois C. Mammel; Kenneth A. Mammel & Susan Zacher (October 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-29.

External links

• Official website
• Newtown Friends Cemetery at Find A Grave
• Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings