Free Quaker Meetinghouse
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The Free Quaker Meetinghouse is a historic Free Quaker meeting house at the southeast corner of 5th and Arch Streets in the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1783, and is a plain 2 1⁄2-story brick building with a gable roof. The second floor was added in 1788. The building was moved about 30 feet to its present site in 1961, to allow for the widening of Fifth Street. Quaker meetings were held in the building until 1836, after which it was occupied by the Apprentices' Library Company of Philadelphia until 1897.The meetinghouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Elfreths Alley, Philadelphia Center City
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Elfreth's Alley
Elfreths Alley
19106 Philadelphia, Center City
Pennsylvania, United States
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