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

Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church

 
 
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 7, 2011
1. St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker
Inscription. Constructed in 1832 by separatists from the Harmony Society, under the leadership of Count Maximilian DeLeon, organized as New Philadephia Society. 1840-First School Built. 1850-First Pipe Organ in Beaver County.
 
Erected by Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania - Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1832.
 
Location. 40° 41.506′ N, 80° 17.082′ W. Marker is in Monaca, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. It is on 5th Street 0 miles north of 6th Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Monaca PA 15061, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and in the Ohio River Valley. 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: Water Cure Sanitorium (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Site of Thiel College (about 400 feet away); New Philadelphia Society (about 500 feet away); Spanning the Waters (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lewis and Clark (approx. 0.4 miles away); About River Transit ... (approx. 0.4 miles away); Industry Along the Banks
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(approx. half a mile away); Always A River 1991 (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monaca.
 
Also see . . .  Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation. Foundation website entry (Submitted on October 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.) 
 
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 7, 2011
2. St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 979 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 7, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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