Race Street Friends Meetinghouse
Historic church in Pennsylvania, United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Added to the National Register in 1993, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Race Street Meetinghouse is an historic and still active Quaker meetinghouse at 1515 Cherry Street in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The meetinghouse served as the site of the Yearly Meeting of the Hicksite sect of the Religious Society of Friends, known as the Quakers, from 1857 to 1955.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 1515 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA |
| County | Philadelphia County |
| Listed | Nov 4, 1993 |
| Reference number | 93001610 |
| Type of place | Quaker meeting house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 1515 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA |
| Coordinates | 39.95583, -75.16517 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site · 1 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 93001610. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.