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Walworth Presbyterian Chruch
| Historic Site #: | 13-063 (Gone) Type: E1 | Town: | Walworth | ||
| Site Name: | Walworth Presbyterian Chruch | GPS Coordinates: | 43.13779, -77.271271 | ||
| Address: | 2257 Academy Street | ||||
| Description: | |||||
| The Walworth Historical Society is now on this site. Since the copper beach tree was planted while the church was there, we assume that the church must have been on the same spot the current WHS building is. | |||||
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| 1874 Atlas shows Congregational church on this site. |
| Historic narrative: | |||||
| Organized in 1832, the congregation built a stone building near the current Historical Society building. The society closed in 1890 and the building is no longer there. No pictures have yet been discovered. | |||||
A history of the purchase and settlement of Western New York, and of the rise, progress and present state of the Presbyterian Church in that section. Rev. James H. Hotchkin. 1848
A History of the Presbyterian Church of Newark, NY, 1825-1890. Robert L. Hoetzel. 1982.
Records of the Geneva Presbytery. V MI45 G32 v.D 1824-37
Records of the Geneva Presbytery. V MI45 G32 v.E 1837-1861
Records of the Presbytery of Lyons, NY. January13, 1857 to December 13, 1886. V MI45 L991 v.B
New York State Census for 1845