The area was originally settled by members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, who built the Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse in 1708.

 

They sailed from Devonshire, England, on the ship Desire, arriving in Philadelphia on June 23, 1686.

 

The settlement takes its name from the founders' hometown of Plymouth in Devon.

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During the Revolutionary War, in May 1778, the Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse served as a temporary military hospital.

 

Plymouth Meeting is a beautiful census-designated community in Plymouth Township, just north-west of Philadelphia.

 

This community is known for being a quiet and cultured suburb with excellent schools.

 

Also home to the Plymouth Meeting Mall, which has AMC Theatres adjacent to it, as well as dining and entertainment spots such as Benihana, Redstone American Grill, P. F. Chang's, and Dave and Buster's.

 

The largest Whole Foods Market in the Philadelphia area opened on January 12, 2010.

 

Macy's and Boscov's serve as the anchor stores to the mall.

 

It should be pointed out that historically, Plymouth Meeting referred only to the small village at the crossroads of Germantown Pike and Butler Pike.

 

The present-day Plymouth Meeting Mall is located a mile north on Germantown Pike from Plymouth Meeting, at the locale once known as Hickorytown.

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