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St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township), Wayne, Delaware County, PA

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St. David's Church (Episcopal), Valley Forge Road (Newtown Township), Wayne, Delaware County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The small, rectangular stone Episcopal church was built from 1715 to 1717 by a Welsh-speaking congregation. It is the oldest non-Quaker church in the area and one of the earliest in the state, General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, a Revolutionary War hero, is buried in the graveyard. (For a photograph of his grave, see: St. David's Church, Grave of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, HABS No. PA-176-B)
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-209
Survey number: HABS PA-176
Building/structure dates: 1715-1717 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1767 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1771 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1786 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1813 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1830 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1871 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1893-1894 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1957 Subsequent Work

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Date

1920
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Wayne, "Mad" Anthony
Pierce, Cromwell
Thomas, Peter
Davis, Benjamin
Nuzum, Erwin
Nuzum, William
Burns, John
Rogers, T Mellon
Okie, R Brognard
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Addis, Roland T
Goode, Ned, photographer
Anderson, Bart, historian
McCown, Susan, historian
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Location

Wayne (Pa.)40.04160, -75.36989
Google Map of 40.0415996, -75.3698895
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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