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Paxtang is home to the Old Paxton Church, one of the earliest in the area. Built in 1740, the church is the oldest Presbyterian Church building in continuous use in Pennsylvania, and the second oldest in the United States.
Old Courthouses: April 10, 1953: Market St. between 2nd & 3rd Sts., Harrisburg (Missing) City Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century Old Salem Church: June 11, 1968: Chestnut St. between 2nd & 3rd Sts., Harrisburg
He was accused and formally cleared of heresy. He stood firmly with the "Old Side" in the resulting split amongst Presbyterian churches, which lasted about twenty years. [4] The French and Indian War led to conflict with local Indians. Elder organized a local militia known as the Paxton Boys. He and most male congregants brought their rifles to ...
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Old Norriton Presbyterian Church: built 1698 NRHP-listed 1979 APRHS 32 U.S. Route 422: Norristown: Overbrook Presbyterian Church APRHS 325 Philadelphia: Paxtang Presbyterian Church APRHS 24 Paxtang: Paxton Presbyterian Church APRHS 46 Harrisburg
Location of Dauphin County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Lower Paxton is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 53,501 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] It is the most populous municipality in Dauphin County and the 17th-most populated municipality in the state.
Old Trinity Church: Philadelphia, Oxford Circle: 1711 Religious Church of England services first held on this site in 1698 in a log meeting house that had belonged to the Oxford Society of Friends. Merion Friends Meeting House: Merion Station: c. 1715: Religious One of the oldest Quaker meeting houses in America Newtown Square Friends Meeting House