Frankford in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Frankford Friends School

1511 Orthodox Street

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 3, 2025

1. Frankford Friends School Marker

Inscription. From 1912 through 2012 the Central United Methodist Church stood on this site. The Frankford Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends recognizes that this project could not have been possible without the generosity of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Loan Fund of the United Methodist Church, the City of Philadelphia, and Frankford Group Ministry. The Frankford neighborhood is able to enjoy the fruits of this space because of the hard work, commitment to consensus, and acts of grace of the people who worked for these three fine institutions.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location. 40° 0.933′ N, 75° 5.198′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Frankford. It is on Orthodox Street just west of Griscom Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1511 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia PA 19124, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Historical Society of Frankford (a few steps from this marker); GNEAA (approx. 0.3 miles away); The King's Highway (approx. 0.3 miles away); Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Society

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(approx. 1.3 miles away); Corporal Michael J. Crescenz (approx. 1.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Joseph Micholas (approx. 1½ miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.

Frankford Friends School Building at 1511 Orthodox Street image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 3, 2025

2. Frankford Friends School Building at 1511 Orthodox Street

Frankford Friends (Quaker) Meeting House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 3, 2025

3. Frankford Friends (Quaker) Meeting House

This historic Friends Meeting House stands on the campus of the Friends School. The Meeting House is home to an active Quaker Meeting associated with the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 92 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 6, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.