Lebanon in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 22, 2021

1. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker

Inscription.

On this site in 1766 was erected the first church and school house in the City of Lebanon.

On the tower of this building hangs a bell cast in 1773 which proclaimed in Lebanon County the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The first regular pastor of this church, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, was President of the convention that adopted the Constitution of the United States and Speaker of the first House of Representatives.

The corner stone of this building was laid 1796 and the building was consecrated two years later.
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Old Salem
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
June 28 2010

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Historic Bells series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1766.

Location. 40° 20.444′ N, 76° 25.491′ W. Marker is in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is at the intersection

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of 8th Street and Willow Street, on the left when traveling north on 8th Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 119 North 8th Street, Lebanon PA 17046, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Salem Memorial Chapel (within shouting distance of this marker); Where There is Art, There is Life (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station (about 600 feet away); Reading Railroad Station (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Camp Coleman (approx. 0.4 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Courthouse Lampposts and Courthouse Bell (approx. half a mile away); Lebanon County (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lebanon.

Also see . . .
1. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church National Register Registration Form. (Submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Salem Lutheran Church on Facebook. (Submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
3. Salem Lutheran Church. (Submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 22, 2021

2. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church NRHP Marker

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church and Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 22, 2021

3. Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church and Markers

Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 735 times since then and 75 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 26, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.