First Presbyterian Church - Carlisle, PA
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N 40° 12.095 W 077° 11.355
18T E 313669 N 4452429
Marker noting the oldest public building in town - a church once visited by George Washington.
Waymark Code: WM3AKP
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2008
Views: 28
This marker stands in the church courtyard at the NW corner of the town square.
Marker text is as follows:
Oldest public building in Carlisle; erection begun, 1757. Here colonists met in 1774 to declare for independence, and George Washington worshipped, 1794. Congregation organized at Meeting House Springs in 1734.
Marker Name: First Presbyterian Church
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 10/21/1949
Marker Type: City
Location: NW corner, High & Hanover Sts., Carlisle
Category: Buildings, George Washington, Religion
Website: [Web Link]
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