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By the mid-1750s, Philadelphia's Christ Church was becoming overcrowded. About 60 parishioners organized themselves into a committee, headed by Colonel Jacob Duché Sr., to build a new church. St. Peter's was founded in 1758 in newly settled Society Hill with the first service held on September 4, 1761.
The church was built as part of the suburban development of the area by Henry H. Houston and Houston served as Church Warden for many years. [2] The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is a contributing property of the Tulpehocken Station Historic District.
English: St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Third and Pine Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1759-61, designed by Robert Smith in the Palladian style. The steeple was added in 1852, and was designed by William Strickland.
HABS PA-6692-B: St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi Church: 712 Montrose Street St. Mary's: 248 South 4th Street St. Michael's Church: 1445 North 2nd Street St. Monica Parish Church: 2422 South 17th Street Saint Nicholas of Tolentine Church: 1718 South 9th Street Saint Paul Church: 923 Christian Street Saint Peter the Apostle 1019 North 5th Street (at ...
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St. Peter's School is in Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood; it occupies the southern half of the block between 3rd and 4th Street, and Pine and Lombard Street. The main building, at 319 Lombard Street, is in the Gothic Revival style and is a part of the Society Hill Historic District . [ 15 ]
St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley is a historic Episcopal church in East Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania, a Philadelphia suburb. The church was founded in 1704 as a missionary parish of the Church of England in what was then the colonial Province of Pennsylvania. [2] The parish is part of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.
Chancel c. 1903, prior to addition of the apse Basilica interior Basilica dome. With its grand façade, vaulted dome, ornate main altar, eight side chapels and main sanctuary that comfortably holds 2,000 worshippers, the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is the largest brownstone structure and one of the most architecturally notable structures in the city of Philadelphia.