Falkner Swamp Reformed Church (Gilbertsville, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 299

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Falkner Swamp Reformed Church collection consists of one box containing annual reports (1976), church records and registers (1732-1976), confirmations (1748-1946), death records (1748-1822), directories (1971-1976), financial records (1767-1805), history (1725-), marriage records (1748-1946), newsletters (1919-1976), parochial reports (1876-1891), photographs, records of baptisms, etc. (1748-1947) CHURCH RECORD FALKNER SWAMP REFORMED CHURCH NEW HANOVER, MONTGOMERY COUNTY. translated by Reverend Thomas R. Brendle; retyped and rearranged by Raymond E. Hollenbach. CHURCH RECORD FALKNER SWAMP REFORMED CHURCH NEW HANOVER, MONTGOMERY COUNTY. transcribed by Amandus S. Leiby]. IST DIESES NICHT DAS GELOBTE LAND? "IS THIS NOT THE PROMISED LAND?" written by the pastor Gary C. Hauze, to commeroate the 250th anniversary. HISTORY OF THE FALKNER SWAMP REFORMED CHURCH, NEW HANOVER, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, ... by George William Roth. Lebanon, PA.: Report Print, 1904.

Dates

Creation: 1732 - 1976

Biographical / Historical

Founded in 1720, the Falkner Swamp Reformed Church is the oldest operating United Church of Christ congregation. During the Revolutionary War, the church served as an army hospital. In 1790, the present church building was constructed, and in 1848 the congregation purchased a pipe organ. More renovations were made in 1869, including the addition of a bell and steeple. In 1878-79 the church's address changed from Swamp, PA to New Hanover, PA. Again in 1900-01 remodeling took place. In 1925, lightning destroyed the steeple and other church property. In 1963, a christian education wing was added. During the early 1990s, the steeple was replaced, and in 1999, the church organ was rebuilt.

Extent

1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

For: Church Records. Baptisms, SEE ALSO: Microfilm #43, #173, #284. For: Church Records. Confirmations, 1796-1805, SEE ALSO: Microfilm #284. For: Church Records. Marriages, SEE ALSO: Microfilm #43, #173, #284. For: Church Records. Burials, 1748-1822, SEE ALSO: Microfilm #173. For: Church Records. List of pastors, 1720-1959, SEE ALSO: Microfilm #284. For: Church Records. SEE ALSO: Microfilm #43, #53, #173, #284. For: History, SEE ALSO: "Historical Sermon on the Anniversary of the Founding of Falkner Swamp Reformed Church" by Nero Stout Strassburger (in German), 1875? Ms. Coll. 25 For: 250th anniversary of Falkner Swamp, SEE ALSO: Cassette #161.