Whittier, California
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Whittier is a city in Southern California in Los Angeles County, part of the Gateway Cities. The 14.7-square-mile (38.0 km2) city had 87,306 residents as of the 2020 United States census, an increase of 1,975 from the 2010 census figure. Whittier was incorporated in February 1898 and became a charter city in 1955. The city is named for the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and is home to Whittier College. The city is surrounded by three unincorporated areas sharing the Whittier name, West Whittier-Los Nietos, South Whittier, and East Whittier, which combined are home to a larger population than Whittier proper.
Image: Greenleaf Street in Whittier California
Image: Whittier Village Cinemas, Whittier
Image: Hoover Hotel, Whittier
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Friends meeting house
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A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held.
The Great Friends Meeting House in Newport, Rhode Island was built in 1699 and hosted the New England Yearly Meeting until 1905
Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, built 1708; porch added 1867
Chichester Friends Meeting House near Philadelphia, built 1769
Interior of the Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia, built 1805