The Historic Warrior Run Church
The Warrior Run Historic Church
Did You Know?
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The church burnt down twice before being rebuilt in 1835
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In 2015, the last member of the church, aged 96, passed away.
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Many churches in this area aren't just split by denomination, but were also split by nationality. The Historic Warrior Run Church was Scots-Irish Presbyterian.
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The Church is built in a Classical style, based off of the buildings of the Forum in Rome and the Acropolis in Athens.
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The newest, standing church was designed by James Slote
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Alexander Pollock, buried in the Warrior Run Cemetery, is actually the great-nephew of Benjamin Franklin.
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Margaret Durham, also buried in the cemetery, was scalped in an Indian raid but survived, living to 51 years after the attack.
Click above to visit the Warrior Run- Fort Freeland Heritage Society website.
The Historic Warrior Run Church and nearby cemetery remind us of what it was like to be a part of early American history by giving us a glimpse of the period's interesting people, architecture, and religious practices. Since the church was such a large part of colonial and post-colonial life, we can gain insights that nowhere else can provide.
A Sunday at Church
A Trip To Church
Works Consulted
Chechman, Dorothy W., , at all, compiler. Warrior Run Church Sampler.
“The Historical Warrior Run Church.” Warrior Run - Fort Freeland Heritage Society. Accessed 12 Sept. 2016.
International Outreach. “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God.” Jonathan Edwards, International Outreach. Inc., www.jonathan-edwards.org/Sinners.pdf.
Nornhold, Richard. Speech. Warrior Run Church, 9 Sept. 2016, Turbotville.
“Warrior Run Church Cemetery History.” Warrior Run - Fort Freeland Heritage Society. Accessed 12 Sept. 2016.
Warrior Run-Fort Freeland Heritage Society, editor. “Warrior Run Church Cemetery History.” Freelandfarm, freelandfarm.org/warrior-run-church/warrior-run-church-cemetery-history/.
Warrior Run History Club, compiler. Preservation of the Past; Tombstones of the Historic Warrior Run Church. Warrior Run History Club, 1990.
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