Alleghany Mennonite Meetinghouse
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Alleghany Mennonite Meetinghouse | |
Location | 39 Horning Rd., Brecknock Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 40°14′07″N 75°58′17″W / 40.23528°N 75.97139°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1855 |
Architectural style | Pennsylvania German |
NRHP reference No. | 09000384[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 6, 2009 |
The Alleghany Mennonite Meetinghouse is located at 39 Horning Road in, Brecknock Township, Pennsylvania. The meetinghouse and its associated cemetery are significant for their role in the Mennonite community in this area of Pennsylvania in the mid to late 19th century.
The meetinghouse is significant for its Pennsylvania German-style architecture.[2]
The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on June 6, 2009, and the listing was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of June 12, 2009.[3]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Henry W. Horning (December 12, 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Alleghany Mennonite Meetinghouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009. (45 pages, site plan and 23 photos, exterior and interior)
- ^ "Weekly List Actions". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
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Categories:
- 1855 establishments in Pennsylvania
- Churches in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Mennonitism in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Berks County, Pennsylvania
- Berks County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs
- Pennsylvania church stubs