Name/Title
Pipe Creek Meeting HouseEntry/Object ID
1979.1208.042Description
Print, photographic. Pipe Creek Meeting House, Union Bridge. B/W photo of a white church with a dirt path going by it. The first floor of the church has a porch that extends along the front and right side. The porch has a shingled roof and then the actual roof of the building comes to a point. The porch has a shed-like piece on the left side of the front, a window, a door, and then another window. There is a woman standing in front of the door and there is a bench below the right window. The right side of the porch has a door, a window, and then another door. The photo is mounted on a small white mat. Stamped in black ink "Edmund H. Fox, Photographer, Wash, D.C." On back in blue ink "Old Friends Meeting House, Union Bridge". Overall size 3" x 3.5"; photo 2" x 1.5"Acquisition
Accession
1979.1208Source or Donor
Fox, Grace EstelleAcquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
The Pipe Creek Meeting House was completed in 1772 for the Quaker Society of Friends at present-day Union Bridge. A fire in 1934 destroyed the interior of the building, which was reconstructed. The building still stands at 455 Quaker Hill Road, Union Bridge.