At the intersection of Mount Holly-Juliustown and Pemberton-Arney's Mount Roads in Burlington County is a historic Quaker meeting house, which dates back to 1775, and has been remarkably preserved in the same appearance it had in 1811, despite succumbing to fire twice in its history. Arneys Mount is an community located within Springfield Township in Burlington County. Its also the name of a hill located next to it. The building is constructed of iron-stone quarried locally on Arney's Mount. Engraved in the bricks is the name Samuel Smith, which is the person who built the structure. The building is still without electricity or plumbing, and a wood stove serves as the only heat source. Next to the Meeting House is the burial grounds, which are still in use and pre-dates the Meeting House by many years and includes early settlers in the area. The oldest graves are not marked. In 1870, a wall was erected around the graveyard in sandstone. It encloses only a portion of the grave as some were buried "outside the wall" having lost favor with Meeting or were buried elsewhere on the grounds in unmarked sites before the walls were constructed. Since 1941, meeting for worship usually has been held twice monthly.
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