Free Quaker Meeting House

Free Quaker Meetinghouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
(2013)
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Location	SW corner of 5th and Arch Sts. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′10″N 75°8′34″W / 39.95278°N 75.14278°W / 39.95278; -75.14278Coordinates: 39°57′10″N 75°8′34″W / 39.95278°N 75.14278°W / 39.95278; -75.14278
Built	1783
NRHP reference #	71000063
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1971

The Free Quaker Meetinghouse is a historic Free Quaker meeting house at the southeast corner of 5th and Arch Streets in the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1783, and is a plain 2 1/2-story brick building with a gable roof. The second floor was added in 1788. The building was moved about 30 feet to its present site in 1961, to allow for the widening of Fifth Street.

Quaker meetings were held in the building until 1836, after which it was occupied by the Apprentices' Library Company of Philadelphia until 1897.

The meetinghouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

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