Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . ed our fathers every-where many years ago. Coming down from our cemetery heights to see it, wetake the street or lane that brings us to the Lutheranchurch and parochial school house of long ago—two ofthe oldest structures in the town. Both are built oflimestone, and were erected in 1765, as is shown by anarched stone that was the head-stone of the main en-trance to the church before its recent remodeling, whereit was left to tell its story of antiquity when these en-trance doors beneath it were walled out. The school-house has for many yea
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . ed our fathers every-where many years ago. Coming down from our cemetery heights to see it, wetake the street or lane that brings us to the Lutheranchurch and parochial school house of long ago—two ofthe oldest structures in the town. Both are built oflimestone, and were erected in 1765, as is shown by anarched stone that was the head-stone of the main en-trance to the church before its recent remodeling, whereit was left to tell its story of antiquity when these en-trance doors beneath it were walled out. The school-house has for many years past been used for Sunday-school and mid-week devotional purposes. This church has quite a history. As early as 1720,there are evidences of official burial services havingbeen conducted here by missionary pastors. Frag- 122 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. iiientary records prove that Rev. F. A. C. Muhlenberg atone time (1770-73) exercised pastoral functions a loo- or frame church edifice must have ex- I it i 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 i 1 1.
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