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Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House

Coordinates: 39°36′12″N 74°20′29″W / 39.60333°N 74.34139°W / 39.60333; -74.34139
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Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is located in Ocean County, New Jersey
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is located in New Jersey
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is located in the United States
Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House
Location21 E. Main Street, Tuckerton, New Jersey
Coordinates39°36′12″N 74°20′29″W / 39.60333°N 74.34139°W / 39.60333; -74.34139
Area2.2 acres (0.89 ha)
Built1863 (1863)
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No.02001511[1]
NJRHP No.4088[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 9, 2002
Designated NJRHPOctober 18, 2002

The Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meetinghouse located at 21 E. Main Street in the borough of Tuckerton in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The meetinghouse was built in 1863. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 2002, for its significance in architecture and religion.[4] Little Egg Harbor Meeting is part of Burlington Quarterly Meeting which is part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Friends continue to meet at Little Egg Harbor Meeting on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

HABS photo of the meetinghouse

Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House shares its property with the Friends Burial Ground, which includes graves from the Parker, Pharo, and Ridgeway families.

HABS photo of the burial ground

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#02001511)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Ocean County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 20, 2022. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 2002.
  4. ^ Lavoie, Catherine C. (October 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House". National Park Service. With accompanying 6 photos
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