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Photographer: William Pfingsten
Taken: February 2, 2008
Caption: Plaque on Church Building
Additional Description: The Evangelical Lutheran Church
of the Holy Trinity
Earliest congregation in Lancaster
organized 1730
Fostered six other city congregations
First church erected 1734
Present building begun in 1761
Dedicated in 1766 by
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Lutheran patriarch
Tower and steeple added 1785-1794
First Bible School organized 1828
Present Parish House dedicated 1955
An early pastor (1780 to 1815) was
Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg,
eminent botanist and first president
of present Franklin & Marshall College
Here lie the remains of
Thomas Wharton, Jr.
President of Pennsylvania 1777-78
and
Thomas Mifflin
Governor of Pennsylvania 1790-99
Submitted: February 3, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p15275
File Size: 0.670 Megabytes

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