Camden Friends Meetinghouse
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Camden Friends Meetinghouse, HABS Photo, 1936
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Location | Commerce St., Camden, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°6′52″N 75°32′54″W / 39.11444°N 75.54833°WCoordinates: 39°6′52″N 75°32′54″W / 39.11444°N 75.54833°W |
Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
Built | 1805 |
Built by | Hunn, Jonathan; Hunn, Patience |
NRHP Reference # | 73000485 |
Added to NRHP | April 03, 1973 |
Camden Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house located on Commerce Street in Camden, Kent County, Delaware. It was built in 1805, and is a two-story, gambrel-roofed, brick building. The roof is punctuated by two shed roofed dormers. The second floor housed a school that operated from 1805 to 1882.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The Meetinghouse's cemetery contains the remains of noted abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor John Hunn and his son, Delaware Governor John Hunn.