Bangor Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church complex located at Churchtown, in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1830, and is a 1 1/2-story, brownstone rectangular building in the Gothic Revival style. It has a steep, slate covered gable roof and steeple added about 1880. It features Gothic arch art glass windows. The complex includes the frame school building. It is a one-story, three bay building built in 1844 in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property is a contributing cemetery with approximately 325 graves dated from the Revolutionary War to the present.[2]
Bangor Episcopal Church | |
 Bangor Episcopal Church, July 2013 | |
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| Location | Northwestern corner of Main and Water Streets, Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°8′1″N 75°57′42″W / 40.13361°N 75.96167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1830, 1844, c. 1880 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000664[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 30, 1987 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
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Interior in 1946 -
Exterior in 1946 -
Church school building
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References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2012. Note: This includes Mary Wiley Myers (December 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bangor Episcopal Church" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2012.
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