The Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting was the first to be formed as a “United Meeting” following the 1827 schism that divided Friends into Orthodox and Hicksite factions. The Meeting House reflected changes in Quaker faith and practice to a less hierarchical form, built to resemble residential architecture. The design of the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House suggests a connection between meeting houses and homes, perhaps a nod to Friends’ meetings having been initiated within the homes of its members.
This first image is from 1968, the second is how it looks today.