Springfield Friends Meeting House![]() ![]() The Springfield Friends Meetinghouse is a Quaker meeting house that is located at 1001 Old Sproul Road in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. History and notable featuresThe Quakers who settled in Springfield founded a society of Friends in 1686. The first meetinghouse built here was erected in 1703 but was then destroyed by fire in 1737.[1] That original building may have been built using stone but was more likely a log structure. The construction of a new meetinghouse began in 1738. A stone building, it functioned as the meetinghouse for 113 years; it was then replaced in 1850 by a new structure that still stands today and is still an active worship center.[2][3] The Peace Center of Delaware County also operates out of the meetinghouse.[4] Notable burials
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