Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia

Name: Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting
Address: 20 E Mermaid Ln, Philadelphia, 19118, United States
Telephone: +1 215-247-3553

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Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, Philadelphia

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The Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting is a monthly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. First meeting in 1924, they were the first "United" monthly meeting, reconciling Philadelphia Quakers after the Hicksite/Orthodox schism of 1827. The original Meeting House, built in 1931, was located at 100 E. Mermaid Lane in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was replaced in 2012-2013 by the current meeting house, located at 20 E. Mermaid Lane, which incorporates a Skyspace designed by Quaker light artist James Turrell, the second such installation to be incorporated into a working religious space. The new Quaker meeting house is the first to be built in Philadelphia in eighty years. ()

Coordinates: 40°4'7"N, 75°11'46"W

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20 E Mermaid LnUpper Northwest (Chestnut Hill)Philadelphia 19118 United States

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+1 215-247-3553

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Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Philadelphia Cricket Club, St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vanna Venturi House, Sedgwick Theater.

0.7 miSW
Golf, Field
Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia
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1.3 miSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Philadelphia
33 min walk • St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic church building in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, just north of the Germantown neighborhood. The congregation was founded sometime before 1728 and three successive church buildings have occupied the same location since that time. The church was closed in 2016.
0.7 miW
Modernist architecture, Postmodern architecture
Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia
17 min walk • The Vanna Venturi House, one of the first prominent works of the postmodern architecture movement, is located in the neighborhood of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
0.7 miSE
Theater
Sedgwick Theater, Philadelphia
18 min walk • The Sedgwick Theater is a historic American theater in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928 and designed by architect William Harold Lee. It is one of the remaining 20 Philadelphia theaters as of 2006 which he designed; nine have been demolished.
0.5 miNW
Park
Pastorius Park, Philadelphia
14 min walk • Pastorius Park is a 16-acre park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is maintained by the Fairmount Park Commission. Established in 1915, the park was named in honor of Francis Pastorius, a leader of early German immigrants to the area.
0.5 miW
Neighbourhood
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia
14 min walk • Chestnut Hill is a neighborhood in the Northwest Philadelphia section of the United States city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is known for the high incomes of its residents and high real estate values, as well as its private schools.
1.2 miNW
Italianate architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
John Welsh House, Philadelphia
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1.2 miNW
Gothic Revival architecture
Inglewood Cottage, Philadelphia
31 min walk • Inglewood Cottage is a Gothic Revival villa, built c. 1850, located at 150 Bethlehem Pike, in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by famed American architect Thomas Ustick Walter, Fourth Architect of the U.S.
1.2 miSW
Neighbourhood, Shingle style architecture
Druim Moir, Philadelphia
31 min walk • Druim Moir, also known as the Houston Estate Historic District, is a historic district in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Druim Moir was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
1.1 miNW
Italianate architecture
Piper-Price House, Philadelphia
30 min walk • The Piper-Price House is a home designed by architect Samuel Sloan. It is located in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia. It is symmetrical, with a central tower designed to provide a view.
1.3 miSE
Neighbourhood
Beggarstown School, Philadelphia
34 min walk • The Beggarstown School, built c. 1740, is a historic school in Beggarstown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, now part of the Mount Airy neighborhood. It is a rare example of a colonial era school building.

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Which popular attractions are close to Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting?

Nearby attractions include Baleroy Mansion, Philadelphia (7 min walk), Pastorius Park, Philadelphia (14 min walk), Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia (14 min walk), Mount Airy, Philadelphia (15 min walk).

How to get to Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting by public transport?

The nearest stations to Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting:

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Mount Airy (9 min walk)
Wyndmoor (9 min walk)