The Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meetinghouse located at 21 E. Main Street in the borough of Tuckerton in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The meetinghouse was built in 1863. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 2002, for its significance in architecture and religion.[4] Little Egg Harbor Meeting is part of Burlington Quarterly Meeting which is part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Friends continue to meet at Little Egg Harbor Meeting on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House | |
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| Location | 21 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 39°36′12″N 74°20′29″W / 39.60333°N 74.34139°W |
| Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
| Built | 1863 |
| Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001511[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 4088[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | December 9, 2002 |
| Designated NJRHP | October 18, 2002 |
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House shares its property with the Friends Burial Ground, which includes graves from the Parker, Pharo, and Ridgeway families.
See also
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edit- ^ "National Register Information System – (#02001511)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Ocean County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2022. p. 10.
- ^ "Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 2002.
- ^ Lavoie, Catherine C. (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House". National Park Service. With accompanying 6 photos
External links
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Media related to Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-1118, "Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House, West Main & North Green Streets, Tuckerton, Ocean County, NJ", 24 photos, 2 color transparencies, 5 measured drawings, 18 data pages
- Official website
