Gravelly Run Quaker Meeting House

Quakers began settling the region by the end of the 17th century. Named for nearby Gravelly Run stream, the meetinghouse was built by 1767. It became the religious center for the Quakers in Dinwiddie and surrounding counties. In the early ...

Golansville Quaker Meetinghouse

Pioneers in asserting the right to religious freedom, the Caroline Friends (Quakers) held their first meeting nearby on 12 March 1739 together with their partner, Cedar Creek Friends Meeting of Hanover County. At a meeting on 9 May 1767, members ...

Quaker Meeting House

Panel one:

What is a Quaker?

“I went to many a priest to look for comfort, but found no comfort from them.” — George Fox recounting his spiritual journey in The Journal of George Fox.

George Fox’s frustration led to the establishment ...

Newtown Meeting House

Newtown Meeting House

Has Been Placed On The

National Register

Of Historic Places

By The United States

Department Of The Interior

Built 1720 Moved 1792 Rebuilt 1816 & 1845

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route ...

Quaker Meeting House

Despite the fugitive slave laws that prohibited harboring runaway slaves, fugitives found refuge in the Quaker village of Chesterfield, now Chesterhill. Legend tells that no runaway slaves were ever captured here, although many were hidden and helped on their way ...

Quaker Meeting House

Site acquired by Quakers in 1733. Present meeting house rebuilt with original stone in 1862.

Marker is on County Route 579, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mauck Meeting House

Built for religious purposes by the “Neighbors”, mainly Mennonites from Switzerland and southern Germany.

The outside of the one log walls were covered in 1851 with white weatherboards and the structure was roofed with chestnut shingles. A central heating chimney and ...

The Friends School at Birmingham Meeting House

Was established at this place about 1753. It was for many years under the care of John Forsythe, the First Head Master of Westtown Boarding School opened in 1799. Dr. William Darlington was a pupil at Birmingham.

Marker is on ...

Dr. Bellamy Meetinghouse

Erected

July 4, 1890

Here Stood The

Meetinghouse Where

Dr. Bellamy

Ministered

1767 – 1790

Marker is at the intersection of West Road and Main Street South (Connecticut Route 61), on the left when traveling west on West Road. ...

Hosanna Meeting House

Founded by free Blacks who had settled in this area, it was first known as the "African Meeting House," Formally organized in 1843 as an African Union Methodist Protestant church. A station stop on the Underground Railroad, its many visitors ...