Exterior view of the Old Trappe Church, also known as Augustus Lutheran Church, the oldest, continuously used Lutheran Church in the United States. The cornerstone of the building was laid during the pastorship of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, in 1743, but the church was not completed until 1745. Includes a man reading a dedicatory stone above the entrance archway., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.214]
Interior view of the Old Trappe Church, also known as Augustus Lutheran Church, showing a minister directing the religious service from a wooden pulpit. Members of the church hold hymn books in pews below. The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1743, during the pastorship of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, but was not completed until 1745. Purportedly the oldest, continuously used Lutheran church in the United States., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.179]
