Buckingham Friends Meeting House
The Buckingham Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house at 5684 Lower York Road (U.S. Route 202) in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1768 in a "doubled" style, it is nationally significant as a model for many subsequent Friends Meeting Houses. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2003.
Buckingham Friends Meeting House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Pennsylvania state historical marker | |
Southern (front) and eastern sides | |
| Location | 5684 Lower York Road (US Rte. 202), Buckingham Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′56″N 75°2′27″W |
| Area | 39 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1768 |
| Architect | Matthias Hutchinson, Arthur Edwin Bye |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000291 (original) 03001034 (addition) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 28, 1997 (original) July 31, 2003 (addition) |
| Designated NHL | July 31, 2003 |
| Designated PHMC | March 26, 1947 |
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