August B. Pomplitz
1855
First Presbyterian Church [1793]
Sanctuary
Market Street
York, PA, US
Instrument ID: 73443 ● Builder ID: 5043 ● Location ID: 62497
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Jim Stettner on August 8th, 2025:
Updated through online information from Steven Bartley (August 6, 2025): From - *The People's Advocate*, York, PA., April 24, 1855, pg. 2, "from the manufactory of Mr. Pomplitz of Baltimore. Corinthian Style case. Cost about $600."
Updated through online information from Steven Bartley (August 6, 2025): From - *The People's Advocate*, York, PA., April 24, 1855, pg. 2, "from the manufactory of Mr. Pomplitz of Baltimore. Corinthian Style case. Cost about $600."
Jim Stettner on August 8th, 2025:
This was the congregation's first church. From the *Our History* page of the church website, "After the war, in 1785, for the sum of five shillings, the group obtained a deed of land from the grandsons of William Penn for “a house of religious worship and burial ground” for a “Society of English Presbyterians.” The building of a church upon this lot began in 1789. This land is the present site of First Presbyterian Church of York. The original small brick church was completed in 1793 some three years after the 1790 installation of the congregation’s first minister, Dr. Robert Cathcart." "In 1860, the roof of the original sanctuary caved in, leading to the demolition of the original building."
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