Great Conewago Presbyterian Church

Great Conewago Presbyterian Church
Location Church Road, near Hunterstown, Straban Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°53′15″N 77°9′46″W / 39.88750°N 77.16278°W / 39.88750; -77.16278Coordinates: 39°53′15″N 77°9′46″W / 39.88750°N 77.16278°W / 39.88750; -77.16278
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1787
NRHP reference # 74001730[1]
Added to NRHP December 27, 1974

Great Conewago Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church on Church Road near Hunterstown, Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1787, and is a six bay wide and three bay deep rectangular fieldstone building. It features rounded arched doors and windows and a rounded arch ceiling. During the Gettysburg Campaign, it was used as a Confederate Army hospital.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

Stone church with brick chapel to the right

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Charles H. Gladfelter (August 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Great Conewago Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.


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