River Corner Mennonite Church (Conestoga Center, Pennsylvania, USA)
River Corner Mennonite Church, located 2 miles south of Conestoga Center in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Benedict Eshleman deeded one acre of land for a cemetery and meetinghouse upon which a meetinghouse was built about 1774. It was named Miller's after Martin Miller, who obtained the first deed in 1794. A stone building in 1828 replaced this, and another beautiful stone church of colonial design was built in 1882, which was enlarged in 1947. The congregation is a part of the Byerland-New Danville circuit. The membership in 1958 was 73 with David N. Thomas as bishop and Mylin Shenk minister. A large, old, well-kept cemetery adjoins the church.
Author(s) | Ira D Landis |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Landis, Ira D. "River Corner Mennonite Church (Conestoga Center, Pennsylvania, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 22 Jul 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=River_Corner_Mennonite_Church_(Conestoga_Center,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=67746.
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Landis, Ira D. (1959). River Corner Mennonite Church (Conestoga Center, Pennsylvania, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 July 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=River_Corner_Mennonite_Church_(Conestoga_Center,_Pennsylvania,_USA)&oldid=67746.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 345. All rights reserved.
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