Redstone Friend's Cemetery
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Redstone Friend's Cemetery

Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions Cadwallader Street
    Brownsville, Pennsylvania 15417 United States
    Coordinates: 40.01879, -79.88976
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Redstone Friend's Cemetery no longer exists. In 1794, Quaker Rees Cadwallader subdivided his land and created the town of Bridgeport; now part of Brownsville. In 1799, the Redstone Monthly Meeting built a one-hundred foot long stone meeting house on Bridgeport Hill, between the cemetery and present Angel road. Redstone Monthly Meeting owned three acres of land on Bridgeport Hill, which is bounded by the present streets of Prospect, Cadwallader, Angel, and Aubrey Lane. They later built a school next to the cemetery and it was eventually replaced by a town owned school. In 1853, it was replaced by a three story stone school, named Union. The school was destroyed by fire on graduation night on May 6, 1908 and replaced by an elementary school. The Redstone Friend's Cemetery was the first and only cemetery in Bridgeport until 1847, when the present Bridgeport Cemetery was built. Over time, the Friend's Cemetery stopped being maintained and in the 1950's was turned over to the city and the graves covered over to be used as a playground for the elementary school.
Redstone Friend's Cemetery no longer exists. In 1794, Quaker Rees Cadwallader subdivided his land and created the town of Bridgeport; now part of Brownsville. In 1799, the Redstone Monthly Meeting built a one-hundred foot long stone meeting house on Bridgeport Hill, between the cemetery and present Angel road. Redstone Monthly Meeting owned three acres of land on Bridgeport Hill, which is bounded by the present streets of Prospect, Cadwallader, Angel, and Aubrey Lane. They later built a school next to the cemetery and it was eventually replaced by a town owned school. In 1853, it was replaced by a three story stone school, named Union. The school was destroyed by fire on graduation night on May 6, 1908 and replaced by an elementary school. The Redstone Friend's Cemetery was the first and only cemetery in Bridgeport until 1847, when the present Bridgeport Cemetery was built. Over time, the Friend's Cemetery stopped being maintained and in the 1950's was turned over to the city and the graves covered over to be used as a playground for the elementary school.

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