Silver Spring Presbyterian Church - Mechanicsburg, PA
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N 40° 14.329 W 077° 00.455
18T E 329226 N 4456197
Marker noting a local church founded in 1734.
Waymark Code: WM3BG8
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2008
Views: 70
Marker text is as follows:
Founded 1734 on land of James Silver by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, earliest settlers of the Cumberland Valley. Present church built in 1783, restored in 1928 to its original style, and still used for worship.
Marker Name: Silver Spring Presbyterian Church
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 01/01/1974
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 444 Silver Spring Rd., at church (S of US11), Mechanicsburg
Category: Early Settlement, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion
Website: [Web Link]
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