Germantown Friends Meeting House
- Address: 47 W Coulter St
- Vicinity: Green St
- Neighborhood of Germantown in Philadelphia, PA
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1686/00/00 | By 1686 a Quaker Meetinghouse (lost) is built near the site of current Germantown Friends Meeting by ethnic German Quaker and Mennonite families from Krisheim, in the Rhine valley German Palatinate. | |||||
| 1806/02/06 | Mary Drayton De Brahm | Died | Mary Drayton De Brahm, relic of John De Brahm, dies in Charleston, South Carolina, attended by her children. Mrs De Brahm is buried with her husband at Friends' burial ground in Germantown, Penn. | |||
| 1868/00/00 | Sloan and Hutton | Architect | Sloan and Hutton is hired to design the Germantown Friends Meeting House at about the same time that Addison Hutton and Samuel Sloan are moving to end the partnership. | |||
| 1868/00/00 | Addison Hutton | Architect | Addison Hutton designs a Society of Friends with a simple Greek Revival style meeting house with Italianate details. | |||
| 1869/00/00 | Hibberd Yarnall | Builder | Germantown Friends Meeting House is erected by master builder Hibberd Yarnall, 1868-1869. |
| Particulars for Germantown Friends Meeting House: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Cultural Affiliation | German-American |
| Cultural Affiliation | Quakers |
| Area of Significance | Religion |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
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