Conewago Chapel
Posted by: deano1943
N 39° 51.712 W 077° 04.140
18S E 323028 N 4414474
This Historical Marker is located West of New Oxford, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMA1H
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2006
Views: 16
Four miles south of New Oxford. Original Jesuit chapel built 1787 still in use and one of the oldest in the United States. The mission was founded 1730. First Sacred Heart church in Pennsylvania.
Marker Name: Conewago Chapel
County: Adams
Date Dedicated: 12/12/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: US 30, W. of New Oxford, Pennsylvania
Category: Religion
Website: Not listed
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