Frankford Friends Meeting House, Quaker meeting house in Frankford, Philadelphia, United States
The Frankford Friends Meeting House is a Quaker worship building in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, built with Flemish-bond brick, glazed headers, and locally quarried stone. It stands at the corner of Unity and Waln Streets and has separate worship areas inside.
The building was erected in 1775 and 1776, during the American Revolution, making it the oldest surviving meeting house within Philadelphia's city limits. It went up at a time when the surrounding region was going through deep change.
The building is divided into separate sections for men and women, which was once a common feature of Quaker worship spaces. Anyone walking through the rooms can still notice this layout in the way the interior is arranged.
The building is still an active Quaker worship space and also serves as a gathering place for the local community. The interior is modest, so it is worth checking ahead to make sure it is not reserved for a private event.
The congregation went through several names over the years, including Tacony, Oxford, and Frankford, before settling on Unity to set itself apart from other nearby congregations. Each change reflected how the community was redefining itself as the neighborhood around it evolved.
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