Historical Markers in Conewago Township, Pennsylvania
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On Basilica Drive just south of Chapel Drive, on the right when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m180227) HM
On Basilica Drive just south of Chapel Road, on the right when traveling north.
When the church was constructed in 1787, there was only a weather vane on the roof.
In 1830, a cupola was built, and a bell cast in 1816 in Belgium and weighing 300 pounds was installed. This bell was removed in 1891, sent first to . . . — — Map (db m159890) HM
On Basilica Drive just south of Chapel Road, on the right when traveling north.
The stone used in the construction of this building are from the Robert Owings "Mass House," which was erected approximately one-half mile directly north of this site on a 500 acre tract of land granted to him in 1732 by Lord Baltimore. . . . — — Map (db m159893) HM
