Located in the heart of Old City, Philadelphia, Arch Street Meeting House is a museum, National Historic Landmark, and active Quaker place of worship. Constructed in 1804 on two acres of land deeded to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) by WilliamPenn as a burial ground, Arch Street Meeting House has had an estimated 20,000 burials occur on its historic grounds. When the Yellow Fever epidemic swept through Philadelphia in 1793, the meetinghouse’s burial ground was nearly full —plots were already two or three deep.
Step inside this active Quaker meeting house to learn more about the stories of the people, the building, and the grounds of Arch Street Meeting House.
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