{"nrhp_refnum":"75001683","name":"York Meetinghouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"134 West Philadelphia St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.96180362400003,"lon":-76.73574689399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story brick Quaker meetinghouse in the City of York, York County, Pennsylvania, originally constructed in 1766 and enlarged by a brick addition in 1783.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the oldest religious building in the City of York and one of very few pre-Revolutionary buildings extant in the city. It is also one of the oldest surviving meetinghouses in the county and is tied to the religious history of the surrounding area through the administrative structure of the Society of Friends.","narrative":"Built of brick in 1766 on land deeded to the Religious Society of Friends by Nathan Hussey, the York Meetinghouse is a one and one-half story building with a gable roof and side chimney. William Willis, a farmer and bricklayer, is named as its builder. Congregation members had contributed funds toward the structure, which was originally two bays wide with nine-over-nine sash windows and a double-leaf panelled entrance. In 1783 a brick addition was attached to the west end, nearly doubling its size. The building is regarded as one of the oldest surviving pre-Revolutionary structures in York and one of the oldest extant meetinghouses in the county. Its history reflects the growth of Quaker worship in the area after York County was created in 1749, when many Friends moved into town. The York Monthly Meeting, established in 1786, still holds worship services here.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Willis","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The meeting still holds weekly worship services for its nine members.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.680578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001683/40d43ac837-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001683/40d43ac837-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:York_Meeting_WSW.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:York_Meeting_WSW.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79002371","name":"York Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/york-historic-district-79002371/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998868","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Meetinghouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8055498"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/york-meetinghouse-75001683/"}