Merion Friends Meeting House

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Merion Friends Meeting House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Merion Friends Meeting House
Location:	615 Montgomery Ave., Merion Station, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°0′34″N 75°15′17″W / 40.00944, -75.25472Coordinates: 40°0′34″N 75°15′17″W / 40.00944, -75.25472
Built/Founded:	1696-1714
Architect:	local community of Friends
Architectural style(s):	Other
Designated as NHL:	August 06, 1999[1]
Added to NRHP:	August 05, 1998
NRHP Reference#:	98001194 [2]
Governing body:	Private

Merion Friends Meeting House is a building significant for its association with the first known group of Welsh settlers in the Americas (who arrived in 1682), and is the second-oldest Friends meeting house in the United States.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1999.^[1][3]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} Merion Friends Meeting House. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-11.
2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
3. ^ Bill Bolger, David G. Orr, and Catherine LaVoie (February 3, 1998), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Merion Friends Meeting HousePDF (32 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 9 photos, exterior and interior, from 1987.PDF (32 KB)

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