- Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
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Newtown Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery
Location: Court St., Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Coordinates: 40°13′32″N 74°56′10″W / 40.22556°N 74.93611°WCoordinates: 40°13′32″N 74°56′10″W / 40.22556°N 74.93611°W Built: 1817 Governing body: Private 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.
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
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
External links
- Official website of Newtown Friends Meeting
- Newtown Friends Cemetery at Find A Grave
- Listing at Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
Categories:- Buildings of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Religious buildings completed in 1817
- 19th-century Quaker meetinghouses
- Churches in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
- Cemeteries in Pennsylvania
- Quaker cemeteries
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
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