Old Kennett Meeting

 
 

Kennett Meetinghouse

(c.1713/1719/1731)
Ye Great Road to Nottingham (now US Route1)
Kennett Township
Public Meetinghouse

The one-and-a-half story Quaker Meeting was built of stuccoed fieldstone about 1713; records indicate that it was enlarged in 1719 and 1731. The stone walls on the western boundary of the property played a major role in Brigadier General William Maxwell's line of defense. Scotch Willie "stationed his men along the Meeting yard's wall and anchored his flanks in the thick woods on either side of Nottingham Road. There is a graveyard east of the Meeting where there is a common grave for the men who fell here.

Houses Standing During the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777

The Barns-Brinton House
Birmingham Meeting
Brinton's Mill
Daniel Davis House
Dilworth's Town Inn
Howe's Headquarters/The George Gilpin House
The John Chads House
Lafayette's Quarters/The Gideon Gilpin House
Old Kennett Meeting
Pennsbury/Lancaster Inn
Springdale Farm
Washington's Headquarters/The Benjamin Ring House
William Brinton 1704 House
William Harvey House


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