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Bethel Welsh Congregational Church Memorial

 
 
Bethel Welsh Congregational Church Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 3, 2021
1. Bethel Welsh Congregational Church Memorial
Inscription.

First Trustees — October 28, 1898
Rev. John Williams
William O. Pritchard • Robert R. Hughes
Richard W. Jones • John Roberts • Joseph Jones
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Present Trustees
President Thomas R. Hughes
Vice President John W. Jones
Secretary William J. Davies
Treasurer W. Heber Jones
Robert J. Thomas • Jennie Jones

This site presented to the
Borough of Bangor
October 25, 1943

 
Erected 1943 by Bethel Welsh Congregational Church.
 
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is October 28, 1898.
 
Location. 40° 52.024′ N, 75° 12.386′ W. Marker is in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in Northampton County. It is at the intersection of 1st Street (Pennsylvania Route 191) and Market Street ( Route 512), on the left when traveling north on 1st Street. Marker is in Bethel Park, the former location of the church building. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bangor PA 18013, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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: Slate Industry (a few steps from this marker); Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Century House (about 500 feet
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away, measured in a direct line); Old Home Week (about 600 feet away); Steinmetz Memorial Library (about 700 feet away); Homefront (about 700 feet away); Robert M. Jones (about 700 feet away); Mennonite Church (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bangor.
 
Bethel Welsh Congregational Church Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 3, 2021
2. Bethel Welsh Congregational Church Memorial
Looking north
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 492 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 6, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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