Salem United Church of Christ (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Salem United Church of Christ | |
Location | 231 Chestnut St., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°15′34″N 76°52′45″W / 40.25944°N 76.87917°WCoordinates: 40°15′34″N 76°52′45″W / 40.25944°N 76.87917°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1821-1822 |
Architect | Pool, Samuel & Wilson, Henry V. |
Architectural style | Early Republic, Italianate, Classical |
NRHP reference No. | 75001639[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 23, 1975 |
Designated PHMC | June 11, 1968[2] |
Salem United Church of Christ, formerly known as Old Salem Reformed Church, is a historic Reformed church at 231 Chestnut Street in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1821–1822, and is a two-story brick building in a Classical style. It features a large square bell tower topped by a domed cupola. The tower is flanked by two, three-story towers with stepped gables. A two-story, Sunday school annex was built to the rear of the church in 1862.[3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes William K. Watson (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Salem United Church of Christ" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania
- Churches completed in 1822
- 19th-century United Church of Christ church buildings
- Churches in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Churches in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania state historical marker significations
- National Register of Historic Places in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- 1822 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Italianate church buildings in the United States
- Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania church stubs
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania stubs