Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse
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. 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.
Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and School | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Pennsylvania state historical marker | |
Front view in 2017 | |
| Location | 1245 Birmingham Road, Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°54′20″N 75°35′42″W |
| Area | 2.4 acres (0.97 ha) |
| Built | 1763 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000688 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | July 27, 1971 |
| Designated PHMC | September 1915 |
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