Earliest Congregation in Lancaster

Organized 1730

Fostered six other city congregations

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First church erected 1734

Present building begun in 1761

Dedicated in 1766 by

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,

Lutheran patriarch

Tower and steeple added 1785-1794

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First Bible school organized 1828

Present parish house dedicated 1955

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An early pastor (1780 to 1815) was

Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlengerg,

eminent botanist and first president

of present Franklin & Marshall College

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Here lie the remains of

Thomas Wharton, Jr.

President of Pennsylvania 1777-78

and

Thomas Mifflin

Governor of Pennsylvania 1790-99

Marker is at the intersection of S. Duke Street and E. Mifflin Street, on the left when traveling south on S. Duke Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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