Exeter Township near Douglassville in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Exeter Friends Meeting

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

1. Exeter Friends Meeting Marker

Inscription. Established 1725 as Oley; name changed to Exeter, 1742. Present stone meeting house built 1759 near site of two previous log structures. Buried here are members of the Boone, Ellis, Hughes, Lee, and Lincoln families. Meetings discontinued 1899; building reopened for worship in 1949.

Erected 1979 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Colonial Era. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1725.

Location. 40° 18.774′ N, 75° 47.066′ W. Marker is near Douglassville, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is in Exeter Township. Marker is at the intersection of Meetinghouse Road and Boone Road on Meetinghouse Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Douglassville PA 19518, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Daniel Boone Homestead (approx. 1.6 miles away); Hopewell Village (approx. 2.3 miles away); Daniel Boone (approx. 2.3 miles away); Fisher House (approx. 2.3 miles away); De Benneville House

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(approx. 2.4 miles away); a different marker also named Daniel Boone (approx. 2½ miles away); Baumstown World War Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); William Penn (approx. 2.7 miles away).

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

2. Exeter Friends Meeting Marker

Exeter Friends Meeting-Cemetery Wall image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

3. Exeter Friends Meeting-Cemetery Wall

Exeter Friends Meeting Cemetery-no markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

4. Exeter Friends Meeting Cemetery-no markers

Exeter Friends Meeting House-Front view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

5. Exeter Friends Meeting House-Front view

Exeter Friends Meeting House-Right view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

6. Exeter Friends Meeting House-Right view

Exeter Friends Meeting House-Left view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 15, 2015

7. Exeter Friends Meeting House-Left view

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 919 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 20, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.