Chester Friends Meetinghouse

The first recorded meeting of Friends in the province of Pennsylvania was in Chester at the house of Robert Wade in 1675.

[1] William Edmundson, the founder of Quakerism in Ireland was present at the first meeting.

[2] On January 7, 1687, a lot was purchased on the west side of present-day Edgemont Avenue and construction began on the meetinghouse.

[4] William Penn was known to speak at the original Chester Friends meetinghouse.

[5] In 1735, after forty-three years of worship at the original building, a larger meetinghouse was built on the same property.