Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery

Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery
Location Bossardsville Rd., Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°55′33″N 75°17′24″W / 40.92583°N 75.29000°WCoordinates: 40°55′33″N 75°17′24″W / 40.92583°N 75.29000°W
Built 1829
Architect Henry Fenner, Peter Kester
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 80003573[1]
Added to NRHP June 11, 1980

Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery is a national historic district consisting of a Lutheran / Reformed church and cemetery in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1829, and is a 2 1/2-story, fieldstone building measuring 50 feet by 40 feet. It features a slate roof and rectangular steeple with delicate spire. Church records indicate that the cemetery was laid out in 1775, making it the oldest cemetery in Stroudsburg. The cemetery has 105 limestone headstones inscribed mostly in German. Burials date from 1793 to 1875.[2]

The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Rev. David L. Ritterpusch (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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