Quaker School - Burlington, NJ
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Built in 1792, the Friends School (Quaker School) sits on the corner of York and Penn Streets in historic Burlington, New Jersey.
Waymark Code: WM688D
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2009
Views: 2
The Quaker School is a one-room schoolhouse, typical of its era, where the students were taught. Strict discipline was used in the teaching methods, but the Quakers stressed that education is what prepared young people to accept responsibilities of adulthood. Now, the schoolhouse stands as a display of 18th century education and the history of Burlington.
More recently, this was the site of the original location of the Burlington County Chapter of the Red Cross. The school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The City of Burlington Historical Society placed a time capsule here in 1977, to be opened on Burlington's 400th birthday in 2077.
Street address:
York and Penn St
Burlington, NJ USA
08016
County / Borough / Parish: Burlington County, New Jersey
Year listed: 1974
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1750-1799
Historic function: Education
Current function: Vacant/Not In Use
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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