Philadelphia Quaker meetinghouse turned into art studio

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July 21, 2005

In 1827, a group of Quakers split off from their original meetinghouse, Abington meeting, and formed their own group. In 1836, that group built their own meetinghouse the "Little Abington Meetinghouse". Abandoned since 1972, the building is now being put to a new purpose, and used once again.

With artifacts connected to the group of Quakers that broke off, the one room building now has computers, drafting tools, cloth, and a large paper plotting machine. Old benches from the meetinghouse are now used throughout the room, and the artist J. Morgan Puett, who has converted the building into what she describes as an "drafting studio", calls it a "province of art" on the outskirts of the Abington Art Center.

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