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White was the first Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania and served the congregations of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church for decades. White is buried in the church's chancel. Christ Church is a National Historic Landmark and a unique historic site that continues its original function as an Episcopal parish. More than 250,000 tourists visit the ...
Christ Memorial REC was founded in 1887 as a church home at 43rd and Chestnut Streets for the campus of the newly created Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church. The church and seminary were established based on the pledge of a trust created by Harriet Benson in March 1886. [ 1 ]
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral: 3723 Chestnut Street Saint Clement's Church: 2013 Appletree Street St. James Kingsessing (Old Swedes') 6838 Woodland Avenue official website: Church of St. James the Less: 3227 West Clearfield Street Church of St. Luke & the Epiphany: 330 South 13th Street Saint Mark's Episcopal Church: 1625 Locust Street
Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia is an important early-American cemetery. It is the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin and his wife, Deborah . Four other signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried here, Benjamin Rush , Francis Hopkinson , Joseph Hewes , and George Ross .
By the mid-1750s, Philadelphia's Christ Church was becoming overcrowded. About 60 parishioners organized themselves into a committee, headed by Colonel Jacob Duché Sr. , to build a new church. St. Peter's was founded in 1758 in newly settled Society Hill with the first service held on September 4, 1761.
Christ Reformed Episcopal Church (Chicago), built c. 1860 and demolished in 1920 Christ Memorial Reformed Episcopal Church (Philadelphia), built in 1888 and demolished in 2018 Topics referred to by the same term
They established nine congregations, including Christ Church in Philadelphia (1695), Old Trinity Church in Oxford (1698), St. Thomas' Church in Whitemarsh (1698), St. Martin's Church in Marcus Hook (1699), St. David's Church in Radnor (1700), St. Paul's Church in Chester (1702) and St. John's Church in Concord (1702) in the colony's first ...
St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Elkins Park, Pennsylvania) St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Exton, Pennsylvania) St. Peter's Episcopal Church and Rectory; St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley; St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Philadelphia) St. Peter's Episcopal Church (Pittsburgh) St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)