Guinston United Presbyterian Church
Guinston United Presbyterian Church | |
Location | East of Laurel off Pennsylvania Route 74 (14130 Guinston Forge Road), Chanceford Township, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°50′4″N 76°29′30″W / 39.83444°N 76.49167°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1773 |
NRHP reference No. | 76001682[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 11, 1976 |
Guinston United Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church building located at Chanceford Township, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1773, and is a one-story, fieldstone building with minimal ornamentation. It features paneled semi-circular inserts above the doors and rounded arch windows. It replaced an earlier log church built in 1754. In 1867, the church began use as a Sabbath School when a new sanctuary was built nearby.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Sally McMurray (July 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Guinston United Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
External links
- Guinston Presbyterian Church website
- Guinston United Presbyterian Church, Old Forge Road, Guinston-Laurel Road vicinity, Laurel, York County, PA: 7 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page, at Historic American Buildings Survey
Categories:
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania
- Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Churches completed in 1773
- 18th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in York County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania
- York County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania church stubs