Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery

	Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	Bossardsville Rd., Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°55′33″N 75°17′24″W / 40.92583°N 75.29000°W
Built	1829
Architect	Henry Fenner, Peter Kester
NRHP reference No.	80003573
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1980

Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery is a national historic district consisting of a Lutheran / Reformed church and cemetery in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1829, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, fieldstone building measuring 50 feet by 40 feet. It features a slate roof and rectangular steeple with delicate spire. Church records indicate that the cemetery was laid out in 1775, making it the oldest cemetery in Stroudsburg. The cemetery has 105 limestone headstones inscribed mostly in German. Burials date from 1793 to 1875.^[2] Fraktur artist Johann Adam Eyer was a clerk and teacher at the church.^[3]

The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2012. Note: This includes Rev. David L. Ritterpusch (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
^ Gerard C. Wertkin (August 2, 2004). Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95614-1.

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on July 21, 2007. Retrieved March 24, 2012. Note: This includes Rev. David L. Ritterpusch (August 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Christ Hamilton United Lutheran Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.

[Wertkin2004-3] Gerard C. Wertkin (August 2, 2004). Encyclopedia of American Folk Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95614-1.

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