Caln Meeting House
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Caln Meeting House | |
 Caln Meeting House, HABS Photo | |
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| Location | 901 Caln Meeting House Rd., near Coatesville, Caln Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°0′26″N 75°45′55″W / 40.00722°N 75.76528°WCoordinates: 40°0′26″N 75°45′55″W / 40.00722°N 75.76528°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1726 |
| NRHP Reference # | 84003182[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 03, 1984 |
Caln Meeting House is a historic Quaker meeting house located at 901 Caln Meeting House Road, near Coatesville in Caln Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1726, and is a one-story, tan fieldstone structure. It was enlarged to its present size in 1801.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] Services are still held weekly at the meeting house.
One third of the Caln Meeting House is used by the Old Caln Historical Society as a local history museum and to house archives, artifacts and other historical memorabilia.
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Anne B. Stolar (January 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Caln Meeting House" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-30.
External links
- Official website
- Caln Friends Meeting House, Northeast corner of Kings Highway (Route 340) & Meetinghouse Road, Thorndale, Chester County, PA: 26 photos, 3 color transparencies, 3 measured drawings, 24 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Buildings Survey
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