Middle Spring Church - Shippensburg, PA
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Ernmark
N 40° 04.903 W 077° 32.474
18T E 283327 N 4439922
Marker north of Shippensburg which notes a church dating back to 1738.
Waymark Code: WM3F3X
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2008
Views: 15
The present church is the 4th building in use - the first being a log building. There are also a number of monuments on the church grounds - a Pastors' Monument which is dedicated to past pastors, a Civil War Monument honoring local men who perished during the war, and a Soldier's Monument & Tablet honoring local men who served in the French and Indian, Revolutionary, 1812, and Mexican Wars.
Marker text is as follows:
Founded 1738 by pioneer Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. Until 1781, the church was at the old cemetery which is about one-tenth mile NW from here. Present church built, 1847; parsonage built, 1855.
Marker Name: Middle Spring Church
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 11/06/1950
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: SR 4001 (old PA 696), 2.6 miles N of Shippensburg
Category: Buildings, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion
Website: [Web Link]
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