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Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District

Camp meeting groundsGothic Revival architecture in PennsylvaniaHistoric districts in Delaware County, PennsylvaniaHistoric districts on the National Register of Historic Places in PennsylvaniaMethodism in Pennsylvania
NRHP infobox with nocatNational Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, PennsylvaniaQueen Anne architecture in PennsylvaniaReligious buildings and structures completed in 1878Use mdy dates from August 2023
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The Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District is a historic Methodist camp meeting and national historic district located in Chester Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 101 contributing buildings, which were designed in the vernacular camp meeting style of architecture; additional notable examples of the Gothic Revival and Queen Anne styles also are present here. Public buildings include the contributing Tabernacle (1878), Dining Hall (1900), Youth Tabernacle (1909, and dormitory. Most of the contributing buildings are cottages, which were built roughly between 1876 and 1920.In two separate incidents in 2011 and early 2012, the Tabernacle and multiple cottages were burned in arson incidents. In 2016 part of the property was sold to be developed as an apartment complex.

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Chester Heights Camp Meeting Historic District
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