The Evangelic Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster
Earliest Congregation in Lancaster
Organized 1730
Fostered six other city congregations
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First church erected 1734
Present building begun in 1761
Dedicated in 1766 by
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,
Lutheran patriarch
Tower and steeple added 1785-1794
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First Bible school organized 1828
Present parish house dedicated 1955
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An early pastor (1780 to 1815) was
Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlengerg,
eminent botanist and first president
of present Franklin & Marshall College
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Here lie the remains of
Thomas Wharton, Jr.
President of Pennsylvania 1777-78
and
Thomas Mifflin
Governor of Pennsylvania 1790-99

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.