Lancaster in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 12, 2012
1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Marker
Inscription.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. . Founded in 1730. A session for an Indian treaty was held in the original church building in 1762. The present edifice was dedicated in 1766. Here are interred the remains of Thomas Wharton (1778) and Gov. Thomas Mifflin (1800).
Founded in 1730. A session for an Indian treaty was held in the original church building in 1762. The present edifice was dedicated in 1766. Here are interred the remains of Thomas Wharton (1778) and Gov. Thomas Mifflin (1800).
Erected 1975 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location. 40° 2.264′ N, 76° 18.205′ W. Marker is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. Marker is on S. Duke Street, 0.2 miles south of E. King Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lancaster PA 17603, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008
2. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Marker
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, April 12, 2012
3. Marker on E. King Street
Photographed By William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008
4. Thomas Wharton Grave
Photographed By William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008
5. Thomas Mifflin's Grave
Thomas Mifflin, Esq.
Signer of the Constitution of The
United States of America
Erected by General thomas Mifflin Chapter
Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Daughters of the American Revolution
1987
Photographed By William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008
6. Historic American Building Survey
This structure has been recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the United States Department of the Interior for its archives at the Library of Congress.
Photographed By William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008
7. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Photographed By William Pfingsten, February 2, 2008
8. Plaque on Church Building
The Evangelical Lutheran Church
of the Holy Trinity
Earliest congregation in Lancaster
organized 1730
Fostered six other city congregations
First church erected 1734
Present building begun in 1761
Dedicated in 1766 by
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Lutheran patriarch
Tower and steeple added 1785-1794
First Bible School organized 1828
Present Parish House dedicated 1955
An early pastor (1780 to 1815) was
Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg,
eminent botanist and first president
of present Franklin & Marshall College
Here lie the remains of
Thomas Wharton, Jr.
President of Pennsylvania 1777-78
and
Thomas Mifflin
Governor of Pennsylvania 1790-99
Credits. This page was last revised on December 7, 2019. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,598 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on April 12, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 2. submitted on February 3, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 3. submitted on April 12, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on February 3, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.