Buffalo Presbyterian Church (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania)

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Buffalo Presbyterian Church
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Buffalo Presbyterian Church, April 2012
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LocationWest of Lewisburg on Pennsylvania Route 192, Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°57′47″N76°58′4″W / 40.96306°N 76.96778°W / 40.96306; -76.96778 Coordinates: 40°57′47″N76°58′4″W / 40.96306°N 76.96778°W / 40.96306; -76.96778
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1846
NRHP reference No. 76001675 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 30, 1976
Designated PHMCJune 09, 1948 [2]

Buffalo Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1846, and is a one-story, brick and wood-frame building, three bays wide and four bays deep. It features a full-width portico supported by four square columns. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

It is also known as the Old Buffalo Presbyterian Church and is listed as that on the American Presbyterian/Reformed Historic Sites Registry as its site # 271. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "PHMC Historical Markers". Historical Marker Database. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes George A. Ruhl and Sally McMurry (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buffalo Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  4. American Presbyterian and Reformed Historic Sites Registry, by Synod/Presbytery (PDF) (Report). Retrieved January 12, 2020.