Saint Peter's Kierch
Posted by: Mocadeki
N 40° 12.067 W 076° 43.930
18T E 352573 N 4451518
Cornerstone laid July 13, 1767...
Waymark Code: WM71W
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2006
Views: 26
Cornerstone laid July 13, 1767, and dedicated in 1769 by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, patriarch of American Lutheranism. Church erected on ground provided by George Fisher, the founder of Middletown, for annual rental of "one grain of wheat."
Marker Name: Saint Peter's Kierch
County: Dauphin
Date Dedicated: 02/28/1969
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: At church, Union & High Sts., Middletown
Category: Religion
Website: Not listed
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