Conewago Township near Hanover in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Conewago Chapel

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2020

1. Conewago Chapel Marker

Inscription.
The Catholic Faith was brought from Maryland about 1730 to Conewago which became an important Jesuit mission foundation.

From here the faith spread over a great area of Pennsylvania and Western Maryland.

A log chapel was built in 1741 was replaced in 1787 by the present building — the oldest stone Catholic church in the United States.

This is the first parish church in all America dedicated to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus In 1962 this church was raised to the dignity of
Minor Basilica
and aggregated to the
Patriarchal Vatican Basilica
by
His Holiness Pope John XXIII

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1730.

Location. 39° 49.128′ N, 77° 2.288′ W. Marker is near Hanover, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. It is in Conewago Township. It is on Basilica Drive just south of Chapel Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 30 Basilica Dr, Hanover PA 17331, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central

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Pennsylvania. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Conewago Chapel Bell (here, next to this marker); Stones from the Mass House (within shouting distance of this marker); Patrick McSherry (approx. 1.4 miles away); John Timon Reily (approx. 1.4 miles away); McSherrystown (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hanover (approx. 2.1 miles away); a different marker also named Hanover (approx. 2.2 miles away); a different marker also named Hanover (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hanover.

Conewago Chapel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), November 11, 2020

2. Conewago Chapel

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 791 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on August 24, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.