Mount Jewett in McKean County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Nebo Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 25, 2015

1. Nebo Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery Marker

Inscription. The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Nebo Church was in 1886 as the first Lutheran Congregational in the Mount Jewett area. The octagonal shaped church was built in 1887 and was patterned after Ersta Kyrka at Danviken, near Stockholm, Sweden. The name Nebo comes from the mountain where the Old Testament Patriarch Moses stood when he viewed the Promised Land. Nebo Congregation served as the only Lutheran Parish for the community until 1919 when Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized. In 1950 Nebo and Zion Congregations merged to form Saint Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Worship Services are held here on Easter Sunday 6:00 a.m., Ascension Day 7:30 p.m. Swedish Festival Sunday 10:30 a.m. and for Weddings and Funerals. The Sunday Schedule at Saint Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Main Street, Mount Jewett is: Sunday Church School 9:15 a.m. and the Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1886.

Location. 41° 43.479′ N, 78° 39.467′ W. Marker is in Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, in McKean County. It is at the intersection of Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6) and Campbelltown Road, on the right when traveling west on Grand Army of the Republic Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mount Jewett PA 16740, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and specifically in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. Edward H. McCleery (approx. 4.1 miles away); Commerce to Collapse (approx. 4.3 miles away); Sites to See (approx. 4.4 miles away); Spanning History (approx. 4.4 miles away); Kinzua Viaduct (approx. 4.4 miles away); Kinzua Bridge (approx. 4.4 miles away); Forces of Nature (approx. 4.4 miles away); Seneca Spring (approx. 8.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Jewett.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 25, 2015

2. Nebo Lutheran Chapel and Cemetery Marker

Nebo Lutheran Chapel image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 25, 2015

3. Nebo Lutheran Chapel

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 3,397 times since then and 133 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 25, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.