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Building dated 1739.\nFriends' Meeting House, in East Hanover Street, Trenton, occupied by British Light Dragoons, December, 1776.\nAn indulged meeting at Trenton was established in 1734 by Chesterfield Monthly Meeting; the meeting was established circa 1740. Trenton Preparative Meeting was established in 1775, though an earlier preparative meeting may have been established in 1763. Two branches were formed at the time of the Separation. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1835, and its members were merged into Stony Brook Preparative Meeting. Trenton Meeting continued, and a preparative meeting was reestablished in 1841. In 1956, the former Hicksite or Hanover Street meeting merged with the former Orthodox or Mercer Street meeting to form Trenton Preparative Meeting. In 1974, through a division of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, this preparative meeting was established as Trenton Monthly Meeting.

Building dated 1805. from The Evening Bulletin-Philadelphia. Tuesday, October 29, 1935. A Quaker Wedding at Darby Friends' Meeting House with No Music and No Minister. Caption reads: 'Twas the first wedding in 25 years in the 130-year-old Friends' Meeting House. The meeting was established in 1684. Darby Monthly Meeting was established in 1684 by Chester (Concord) Quarterly Meeting out of Chester Monthly Meeting (PA). In 1831, the Orthodox branch of this monthly meeting removed to Lansdowne. Darby Monthly Meeting Orthodox was discontinued in 1849; its members were transferred to Chester Monthly Meeting. The Hicksite branch of this meeting was the forerunner of the current Darby Monthly Meeting. The monthly meeting became part of the newly-formed Chester Quarterly Meeting in 1955.

Photo from "Friends' Missionary Advocate." Also features picture of "Seaside Chapel and Cottage." Transcription of the article: "Our Illustrations.' Below we give two pictures of buildings in Jamaica belonging to the work under the auspices of the Home and Foreign Missionary Board of Iowa Yearly Meeting. We have a number of others, and found difficulty in making selections, as all of them would be interesting to the home workers. We are impressed with the good sense of our missionaries, as well as of the Board in putting up needed buildings without needless expense. Suitable buildings are a necessity in missionary work, but sometimes it is possible to put so much in 'brick and mortar' that little is left for real evangelistic work. What is suitable in one country and climate, is not suited to every other country and climate. We have looked with special interest on this 'thatched' and 'wattled' meeting-house, such as the natives themselves can construct and is also the kind may of them live in, only, we are assured that not all native residences look as well as does this house for worship. It reminds us of descriptions we have read of temples for worship in many of the islands of the sea, built by the natives in a very few day's time and capable of seating several thousands of people; and within their rustic walls a pure gospel has been effectively preached to fierce cannibals and savage warriors, who have knelt under the power of the of the Spirit, and accepted Christ for their Savior. We append descriptions of these buildings furnished by G.L. Farr. We have also a beautiful selection of pictures sent us by the missionaries under the care of the W.F.M.S. of Iowa Yearly Meeting, from which we will make selections for the Advocate at the future time. - E.C.A. 'Dillon "Meeting House."' The picture gives a better idea than any description can of a 'thatched' roof, and walls 'wattled' with split bamboo. This thatch is coconut limbs and is only temporary. We hope soon to have the people put on good 'palm thatch, ' leaves like palm leaf fans, only two or three feet across, which will last fifteen years. At the corner is Charles Sylva, one of the 'pillars' in our church, who with Arthur Farr has charge of the work there. 'Seaside Chapel and Cottage' The Chapel is 30x50 feet, and seats 300. The basement is divided by a stone partition, making a school roon two-thirds the size, and a smaller room which is used for evening meetings, etc. The school room is furnished with American desks, and is said by the inspectors to be one of the best equipped elementary school rooms in the Island. The entrance for the children is under the chapel steps. The children's play-ground is in the foreground of the picture."