In 1770, Elizabeth Farquhar planted maple trees on the grounds of the soon-to-be-built Pipe Creek Meeting House in Union Bridge. Using bricks from England, the foundation of the house of worship was laid in 1771 , with the structure completed in 1772, and the oldest Quaker meeting west of the Susquehanna has been open ever since.

"It has never been closed or 'layed down,' " reported Frank Reitemeyer, co-clerk of the Pipe Creek Religious Society of Friends. "It was down to two people when I came in 2001.