Philadelphia's Arch Street Meeting House
Subtitle: a biography
By: Gregory A. Barnes
Publisher: QuakerPress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781937768065
Subjects: Buildings, structures; Church buildings; Quakers; Historic buildings; Church history; Arch Street Meeting House (Philadelphia, Pa.); Society of Friends; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(pages 364-366) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Incline and Fall; title: Grave Beginnings; title: What 1795 Brought; title: Confronting the New Century; title: First Day, 1825; title: A House Dividing Against Itself; title: Part II. A Century (Plus) of Solitude; title: Resurgent Friends; title: Orthodox and Unorthodox Women; title: Identity Crises; title: Hidden Strengths; title: Contradictions; title: Transformation; title: New Combinations; title: Part III. The Center Shifts; title: Unity regained; title: In Unity, New Divisions; title: Toward Diversity; title: Milestones; title: Afterword: A New Status.