Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse | |
Location: | Buttonwood Avenue, 150 feet west of Main Street Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey |
Coordinates: | 39.5022°N -75.4592°W |
Architecture: | Colonial |
Added: | December 18, 2003 |
Refnum: | 03001306 |
Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
Designated Other1 Date: | October 28, 2003 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 4208[1] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse (also called Hancock's Bridge Friends Meetinghouse and Lower Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse) is a historic Quaker meeting house on Buttonwood Avenue, 150 feet west of Main Street in the Hancock's Bridge section of Lower Alloways Creek Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1756 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey.[2] It was later added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 2003, for its significance in architecture.[3]
The first meeting house for the Alloways Creek Meeting was built on the bank of Alloway Creek in 1685. The second was built in 1718. The third was built here in 1756 on land donated by William Hancock. An addition was constructed in 1784, adding a second story. The building is constructed of brick featuring Flemish bond.[3]