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The original Moravian Church of 1742. S.E. corner of Moravian Alley (now Bread St.) & Race St.

View of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the hip-roof building with a front yard containing a path and a white picket fence in the background. Also shows a partial view of a nearby building...

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Date:1857
Dimensions:22 x 14 cm
Location:Moravian Alley and Race Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Bread Street and Race Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Call Number:Ba 138 M 797
Format: Electronic
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Lithograph
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/14673
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Summary: View of the first Moravian church building in Philadephia built 1742-1743 for the followers of Count Zinzendorf, a Bishop of the Moravian Church. Shows the hip-roof building with a front yard containing a path and a white picket fence in the background. Also shows a partial view of a nearby building. The church building, which was expanded and a parsonnage added, housed the congregation until 1819 and the erection of a new sanctuary.

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