OLD PHILADELPHIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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N 30° 38.569 W 084° 34.520
16R E 732365 N 3392525
Location approx 4 miles North of Quincy on CR-272.
Waymark Code: WM78CF
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2009
Views: 17
Presbyterians came to this area from Georgia and the Carolinas as early as 1822. These worshippers built Philadelphia, a log meeting house, in 1828. It was served by itinerant ministers until 1832, when the Reverend Leander Kerr arrived. The log structure was replaced in 1859 by the present building, Gadsden County's oldest remaining meeting house. Philadelphia served until 1912 as a house of worship, a place of education, and a center of community life. Many Presbyterian churches in Florida and southern Georgia trace their origins to Philadelphia.
Marker Number: F-284
Date: 1978
County: Gadsden
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Old Philadelphia Endowment Association in cooperation with Department of State
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