St. Paul's Union Church and Cemetery
St. Paul's Union Church and Cemetery | |
 Church in 2016 | |
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| Location | Junction of Township 798 and Legislative Route 4037, southwest corner, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Ringtown, Union Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°51′33″N 76°12′38″W / 40.85917°N 76.21056°W |
| Built | 1842 |
| Architectural style | Early 19th-Century Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000516[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 27, 1995 |
St. Paul's Union Church and Cemetery, also known as the Old White Church and Cemetery, is a historic church and cemetery located at Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1842, and is a two-story, wood-frame meeting house style building in a vernacular Federal style. It measures 30 feet, 8 inches, by 40 feet, 4 inches. The church was restored in 1990–1992. The adjacent cemetery includes a number of stone markers in German.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-02. Note: This includes Carol Hickey and Mary Joan Kelvin (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Paul's Union Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-02.
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Categories:
- Cemeteries in Pennsylvania
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Federal architecture in Pennsylvania
- German-American culture in Pennsylvania
- Churches completed in 1842
- 19th-century churches in the United States
- Churches in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania