Newtown Heritage Walk No. 5
Newtown Friends Meeting is an active place of worship for approximately 250 area Quakers. Newtown Meeting was co-founded by Quaker minister, sign painter and folk artist Edward Hicks, now highly acclaimed for his renditions of The Peaceable Kingdom. In 1815, Hicks gathered nearby Friends (Quakers) to meet in the empty Court House on Court Street after the county seat moved to Doylestown in 1813. Previously, these local Friends, members of either Falls, Middletown, or Wrightstown Meetings, had to travel considerable distances to worship.HM Number | HMLIW |
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Year Placed | 2007 |
Placed By | Newtown Historical Association and Newtown Friends Meeting |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, October 26th, 2014 at 6:00am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 505408 N 4452828 |
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Decimal Degrees | 40.22586667, -74.93643333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 13.552', W 74° 56.186' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 13' 33.12" N, 74° 56' 11.16" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 215, 267 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 201-251 Court St, Newtown PA 18940, US |
Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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