Merion Friends Meeting House

The Merion Friends Meeting House is an active and historic Quaker meeting house at 615 Montgomery Avenue in Merion Station, Pennsylvania. Completed about 1715, it is the second oldest Friends meeting house in the United States, with distinctively Welsh architectural features that distinguish it from later meeting houses.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Quaker
Description: historic church in Pennsylvania, United States
Also known as: “Merion Friends Meeting”
Address: 615 East Montgomery Avenue, Lower Merion Township, PA 19066

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include General Wayne Inn and Narberth station.

General Wayne Inn

Building

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The General Wayne Inn is a former tavern and, since 2005, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at 625 Montgomery Avenue in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Narberth station

Railway station

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Narberth station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Narberth, Pennsylvania. Located at Haverford and Narberth Avenues in Narberth, Pennsylvania, it serves most Paoli/Thorndale Line trains with the exception of several express runs. Narberth station is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Merion Friends Meeting House.

Merion Mercy Academy

School

Merion Mercy Academy is a Catholic, college preparatory school for young women grades 9 through 12, founded by the Sisters of Mercy located in Merion, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia. Merion Mercy Academy is situated 1,500 feet east of Merion Friends Meeting House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Narberth and Penn Valley.

Narberth

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Narberth is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is one of many neighborhoods on the historic Philadelphia Main Line. The population was 4,492 at the 2020 census.

Penn Valley

Suburb

Penn Valley is an unincorporated community located within Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Despite sharing a zip code with Narberth, because the community does not have its own post office, Penn Valley is a separate and distinct community…