. The official guide book to . OLD PINE STREET CHUKOi. Third, commonly called Old Pine Street Church/ south-west corner of Fourth and Pine streets. Building of brick,rough-cast, with portico of four Corinthian pillars. It standsin the midst of a graveyard. The western portion of thisenclosure belong;s to the congregation of the First church, and. tkU \^^^iLu-.^^x ^r_9 SECOND PBESBYTEBIAN CHUECH (WITH THE STEEPLE COMPEETED). 276 CHURCHES. in it are many ancient graves and headstones, David Rit-tenhouse, the astronomer, is buried here. A monumentto Captain Charles Ross of the Firs
. The official guide book to . OLD PINE STREET CHUKOi. Third, commonly called Old Pine Street Church/ south-west corner of Fourth and Pine streets. Building of brick,rough-cast, with portico of four Corinthian pillars. It standsin the midst of a graveyard. The western portion of thisenclosure belong;s to the congregation of the First church, and. tkU \^^^iLu-.^^x ^r_9 SECOND PBESBYTEBIAN CHUECH (WITH THE STEEPLE COMPEETED). 276 CHURCHES. in it are many ancient graves and headstones, David Rit-tenhouse, the astronomer, is buried here. A monumentto Captain Charles Ross of the First City Troop, erected bythat organization after the death of Captain Ross, October 8,1817, is surmounted by bronze military trophies, and willattract the attention of the stranger. Some of the head-stones affixed to the southern wall are very old, and wereremoved from the ground of the First church on Marketstreet. The eastern portion of the enclosure, fronting onFourth street, belongs to the Third church, and is the resting-place of many noted citizens. This congregation was established under the superintendence ofthe First Presbyterian church, and with the approbation and assist-ance of that congregation, on the 10th of August, 1761, The enter-prise went on slowly. The house was finished so far in June, 1768,that public worship was held in it for the
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