Not too far from Kimber Hall, is the Schuylkill Friends Meeting, located near Route 23 on Whitehorse Road. It was first built as a school in 1807, but was enlarged in 1814 and became the Friends Meeting House. The congregation was very active in the Abolitionist movement, and it also became a major station on the Underground Railroad. Because it was adjacent to Phoenixville and Valley Forge and close to the Schuylkill River, it was an ideal location for moving many runaways onward. Escaped slaves were sent here from Lionville, West Vincent, Kimberton and Willistown so they could then continue their journey to Montgomery County and then travel northward toward Canada. In 1840 the Schuylkill Township Anti-Slavery Society was formed and their meetings were held here too. Abolitionist leaders Lucretia Mott and Harriet Tubman both worshipped and spoke here.