Guinston United Presbyterian Church

Guinston United Presbyterian Church
Location East of Laurel off Pennsylvania Route 74 (14130 Guinston Forge Road), Chanceford Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°50′4″N 76°29′30″W / 39.83444°N 76.49167°W / 39.83444; -76.49167Coordinates: 39°50′4″N 76°29′30″W / 39.83444°N 76.49167°W / 39.83444; -76.49167
Area less than one acre
Built 1773
NRHP Reference # 76001682[1]
Added to NRHP January 11, 1976

Guinston United Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church building located at Chanceford Township, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1773, and is a one-story, fieldstone building with minimal ornamentation. It features paneled semi-circular inserts above the doors and rounded arch windows. It replaced an earlier log church built in 1754. In 1867, the church began use as a Sabbath School when a new sanctuary was built nearby.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Sally McMurray (July 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Guinston United Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.

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