Meeting House Collection

Copy of The Declaration of Independence in Free Quarker Meeting House, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, North America

Close-up of Maori statue, Tamatekapua Meeting House, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House, carvings representing the dead and manifestations of ancestors preserved tribal history in an oral society, Te Puia Maori Village, Rotorua

Close-up of Maori carving on Ohinemutu marae meeting house, Rotorua, South Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Interior of John Bunyans meeting house in Zoar Street, Southwark, London, 1822. View showing the meeting house converted to use as a store for engineering components

Man & women talking in a bow pew, 1869
3479567 Man & women talking in a bow pew, 1869; (add.info.: Box pew is a type of church pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England)

Two old gentlemen in their Bow pew, 1875
3479566 Two old gentlemen in their Bow pew, 1875; (add.info.: Two old gentlemen in their Bow pew. Box pew is a type of church pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England)

A scene from the Birmingham Riots
3478451 A scene from the Birmingham Riots; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a scene from the Birmingham Riots of 1791. The mob burning the Meeting House and Joseph Priestley's home at Fairhill)

A family sat in a box pew in 1882, 1882
3479564 A family sat in a box pew in 1882, 1882; (add.info.: A family sat in a box pew in 1882. Box pew is a type of church pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England)

Box pews 1870, 1870
3479565 Box pews 1870, 1870; (add.info.: Box pews 1870, Box pew is a type of church pew that is encased in panelling and was prevalent in England)

The Doge and Grand Council in Sala del Maggior Consiglio, 1761-1765. Creator: Canaletto
The Doge and Grand Council in Sala del Maggior Consiglio, 1761-1765

Arch Street Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa. c1908. Creator: Unknown
Arch Street Friends Meeting House, Philadelphia, Pa. c1908

Boston Election - Meeting in the Corn Exchange, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Boston Election - Meeting in the Corn Exchange, 1856. Long before the hour announced for the meeting the immense hail was crowded by an enthusiastic assemblage

Cameron House, Later Part of Cosmos Club - Woman Suffrage, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Cameron House, Later Part of Cosmos Club - Woman Suffrage, 1915. [Cameron House in Washington, DC, the offices of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

Cameron House, Later Part of Cosmos Club - Woman Suffrage, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Cameron House, Later Part of Cosmos Club - Woman Suffrage, 1915. [Cameron House in Washington, DC, the offices of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

Meeting House Pew, c. 1936. Creator: Donald Streeter
Meeting House Pew, c. 1936

Maori wood-carving representing an ancestor, which was carved on the inside of a tribal meeting house. From the British Museums collection

Forum Cinema 35015_011
The former Forum Cinema, Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester, 2021. It closed as the ABC cinema in 1974 and was subsequently acquired by the Jehovahs Witness organisation

Northenden Forum NMW01_01_2713
Assembly Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Palatine Road, Northenden, Manchester. The auditorium in the Assembly Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, viewed from the centre of the circle

New Zealand, North Island, Rotorua, Ohinemutu, Maori village, sculptures on Marae, meeting house

The Church at Gloucester, 1918 (oil on canvas)
3472215 The Church at Gloucester, 1918 (oil on canvas) by Hassam, Childe Frederick (1859-1935); 76.2x63.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; American, out of copyright

Early Meeting-House, Massachusetts (engraving)
727876 Early Meeting-House, Massachusetts (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Early Meeting-House, Massachusetts)

The Spirit moving the Quakers upon Worldly Vanities!!, pub
2654066 The Spirit moving the Quakers upon Worldly Vanities!!, pub. 1819 (hand coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

Woman preaching at a meeting of Quakers in London (engraving)
5226720 Woman preaching at a meeting of Quakers in London (engraving) by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman preaching at a meeting of Quakers in London)

Tired and hungry, Benjamin Franklin falls asleep in a Quaker meeting house (litho)
976631 Tired and hungry, Benjamin Franklin falls asleep in a Quaker meeting house (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tired and hungry)

First meeting-house, Boston (engraving)
3644175 First meeting-house, Boston (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First meeting-house, Boston)

Hingham Meetinghouse, 1845 (oil on panel)
HNE273742 Hingham Meetinghouse, 1845 (oil on panel) by Gay, Winckworth Allan (1821-1910); Historic New England, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; eHistoric New England; Bequest of Susan Norton; American

A Quaker Assembly in London, 1736 (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT202620 A Quaker Assembly in London, 1736 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Man preaching at a meeting of Quakers in Amsterdam, Netherlands (engraving)
5226721 Man preaching at a meeting of Quakers in Amsterdam, Netherlands (engraving) by Tanje, Pierre (1706-61); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man preaching at a meeting of Quakers in Amsterdam)

The Spirit moving the Quakers upon Worldly Vanities!!, pub
2654067 The Spirit moving the Quakers upon Worldly Vanities!!, pub. 1819 (hand coloured engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

The Meeting-House of the Berlin Society of Architects (engraving)
2774152 The Meeting-House of the Berlin Society of Architects (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Meeting-House of the Berlin Society of Architects)

Maison Servant A La Reunion Des Naturels Aux Iles Carolines (engraving)
2789122 Maison Servant A La Reunion Des Naturels Aux Iles Carolines (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The First Friends Meeting-House, Burlington, New Jersey (litho)
PNP268161 The First Friends Meeting-House, Burlington, New Jersey (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: in 1680)

Maori carvings and tukutuku panels at Tamatekapua meeting house in Ohinemutu, c
493461 Maori carvings and tukutuku panels at Tamatekapua meeting house in Ohinemutu, c.1880s (b/w photo) by Burton Brothers Studio (fl.1867-98); Private Collection; (add.info)

Friends Old Meeting House, Wilmington, Delaware, litho by P. S. Duval, 1845 (litho)
1272222 Friends Old Meeting House, Wilmington, Delaware, litho by P.S. Duval, 1845 (litho) by Ferris, Benjamin (1780-1867) (after); 19.7x11.1 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info)

Friends Meeting House, interior, Philadelphia, 1900-20 (b / w photo)
779108 Friends Meeting House, interior, Philadelphia, 1900-20 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Arch Street Friends Meeting House)

The Pilgrims First Fort and Meeting-House at New Plymouth (engraving)
664058 The Pilgrims First Fort and Meeting-House at New Plymouth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Battle of Lexington on 19th April 1775 (engraving)
AQS256806 The Battle of Lexington on 19th April 1775 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts

The Royal Agricultural Society at Plymouth (engraving)
1627125 The Royal Agricultural Society at Plymouth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Agricultural Society at Plymouth)

Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey (b / w photo)
3095047 Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey)

The Committee (Plate 10: Illustrations to Samuel Butlers Hudibras), 1725-30 (?)

The Committee (Twelve Large Illustrations for Samuel Butlers Hudibras, Plate 10), 1725-68

Carving in Maori Meeting House, Waitangi, Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

City Watchman, 1870s. Creator: William P. Chappel
City Watchman, 1870s

The Abbots Kitchen, 1898. Creator: Unknown
The Abbots Kitchen, 1898. The Abbots Kitchen, Glastonbury, a 14th century medieval octagonal kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset is Grade I listed and was also used as a Quaker meeting house

Quaker Meeting House, Battlefield of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Quaker Meeting House, Battlefield of Princeton, New Jersey, USA, c1900. Stone building dating from 1760. From Scenic Marvels of the New World edited by Prof. Geo.R. Cromwell. [C.N.Greig & Co. c1900]

Old South Church, Boston, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Old South Church, Boston, USA, c1900. The Old South Meeting House, built in 1729, and known as the organisng point for the Boston Tea Party on 16 December 1773

The Reverend Whitakers meeting house, Long Walk, Bermondsey, London, c1828. Artist
The Reverend Whitakers meeting house, Long Walk, Bermondsey, London, c1828

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A Meeting House: A Gathering of History and Culture From the hallowed halls of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia to the sacred grounds of Ohinemutu marae in Rotorua, meeting houses have long been a symbol of unity and community. These structures hold within their walls stories that span centuries, cultures, and continents. In the heartland of America, at the Free Quaker Meeting House, history comes alive as one gazes upon a copy of The Declaration of Independence. This humble abode witnessed pivotal moments in American history, where Quakers gathered to discuss matters close to their hearts. Across oceans and miles away lies another meeting house adorned with intricate carvings - the Whare Whakairo Meeting House. Its walls tell tales from Maori culture through statues and carvings that captivate all who enter. The close-up view reveals every detail etched by skilled hands, showcasing an art form passed down through generations. Similarly captivating is the Ohinemutu marae meeting house in New Zealand's North Island. Here, Maori sculptures adorn its exterior while intricate carvings grace its interior. Stepping inside feels like stepping into a world steeped in tradition and spirituality. Traveling back across time brings us to John Bunyan's meeting house in Southwark, London during 1822. Its grandeur can be seen both inside and out - from its ornate interior to its majestic south-east view captured on canvas or engraving years ago. Not limited by borders or boundaries, meeting houses have found their place around the globe. In Lincoln's United States stands a Quaker gathering place that has provided solace for countless souls seeking peace amidst chaos. Even cinemas such as Forum Cinema or Northenden Forum have taken inspiration from these historical structures when designing modern-day spaces for people to come together for entertainment or shared experiences.