The First Reformed Church Spire - Easton, PA
N 40° 41.529 W 075° 12.543
18T E 482337 N 4504604
Awesome and slender spire has been around since 1832 and has been a benchmark since 1933.
Waymark Code: WMGTVC
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2013
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The spire is octagonal with a crown and some kind of orb on top. It is very unique and definitely something I have never seen. The spire is mentioned in the 1940 American Guide Series guide for Pennsylvania:
The FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, 31 N. 3rd St., was erected in 1776 for a congregation organized some 30 years earlier. Originally of Georgian Colonial design, its chief architectural feature is a high,square belfry tower surmounted with a slender steeple. The church remodeled in 1832, 1885, and 1934 was used as a hospital during the Revolutionary War; in 1777 a series of treaties with the Indians was negotiated here. There are a number of historic relics in the building. --- Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State, 1940, p. 211-212
It is also described by the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1933: THE FINIAL OF THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH SPIRE AT THE NE CORNER OF 3RD
AND CHURCH STREETS, EASTON, PA. THE BUILDING IS COVERED WITH VINES
AND IS WELL PRESERVED.