Meetinghouse

History of the Meeting

The first Quaker Meeting in the Medford-Marlton area was established at Upper Evesham, now Medford, in the year of 1759.  In the beginning, Meetings for Worship and Business were held in the building housing the school sponsored by Quakers residing in the area.  This school house still stands behind the Union Street Meeting House. 

By 1762 members decided that a Meeting House should be built.  An L-shaped frame building was constructed on the southwest side of the Union Street property.  By the year of 1812 membership had increased to such an extent that the Meeting appointed a committee to plan and erect a brick Meeting House to replace the original frame building.  The first meeting was held on February 15, 1815.

A second Meeting House in Medford was erected on South Main Street in 1842. 

In 1984, the interior of Union Street Meeting House was restored and and addition was built.  This new section is used for religious, educational and social purposes.

The Meetinghouse has a Social Room which can be rented for meetings, lectures, or other functions.  It has a full working kitchen.   Click here for rate schedule,

or contact Evelyn Blair@ 953-8914