Birmingham Township near West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

On This Native Stone

Photographed by Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014

1. On This Native Stone Marker

Inscription. On this native stone rested one corner of the first Meeting House at Birmingham built cedar logs with a flintstone in center of it upon which they burnt charcoal to heat the meeting, erected 1721.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1721.

Location. 39° 54.333′ N, 75° 35.667′ W. Marker is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in Birmingham Township. It can be reached from Birmingham Road. Located within the Birmingham Friends Meeting House Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1245 Birmingham Rd, West Chester PA 19382, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

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 walking distance of this marker: The Friends School at Birmingham Meeting House (a few steps from this marker); Birmingham Friends Meeting House (a few steps from this marker); First Defense Line (a few steps from this marker); The Peace Garden at Birmingham (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Those Who Fell (within shouting distance of this marker); Brigadier General Casimer Count Pulaski (about 300 feet away,

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measured in a direct line); Daniel Wells and Henry G. McComas (about 300 feet away); Gen's Lafayette and Pulaski (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Chester.

Marker, with stone. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014

2. Marker, with stone.

Marker, Stone, with Birmingham Friends Meeting House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014

3. Marker, Stone, with Birmingham Friends Meeting House

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2014, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 797 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 19, 2014, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.