Old St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church

St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church
St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church
Religion
Affiliation	Episcopal Church
District	Diocese of Bethlehem
Province	III (Middle Atlantic)
Location
	St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	1801 Chapel of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church
Location	U.S. 422, Douglassville, Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°15′26″N 75°43′45″W / 40.25722°N 75.72917°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1801
NRHP reference No.	78002343
Added to NRHP	March 08, 1978

St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal Church church located in Douglassville, Pennsylvania. The church is a part of the Diocese of Bethlehem.

History

St. Gabriel's was founded in 1720 as a Swedish Lutheran church. In 1760 the church joined the Church of England. The oldest structure is known as Saint Gabriel's 1801 Chapel. It was built in 1801, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, brownstone building. It features a herringbone design in the stone construction. The interior was restored in 1959.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

The larger structure was consecrated in 1884. An addition was made in 1959 that contains administrative offices and classrooms. The interior of the 1884 church was remodeled in 2003. In 2005, the existing 1959 portion of the building was remodeled and expanded to include more classrooms and a large parish hall.

The historic cemetery has veterans from most wars, starting with the Revolutionary War (25 veterans) and ending with the Persian Gulf War (1 veteran). The one exception is the Spanish-American War.

List of Clergy

Andreas Rudman, 1701-1707
Andrew Sandel, 1708-1719
Samuel Hesselius, 1720-1723
Assistant Pastors of Wicaco, 1723-1734
Gabriel Falck, 1735-1745
Henry M. Muhlenberg, 1748-1752
John Abraham Lidenius, 1752-1755
Henry M. Muhlenberg, 1755-1761
Alexander Murray, 1762–1778, 1790-1793

(During the Revolutionary War period. Reverend Murray returned to England. The Parish was cut off from the Church of England so there were no stated public ministrations.)

John Wade, 1795-1797
Caleb Hopkins, 1798-1801
John Armstrong, 1801-1805
Caleb Hopkins, 1805-1806
Levi Bull, 1806-1825
Caleb J. Good, 1826-1827
George Mintzer, 1828-1836
William Homman, 1837-1838
Henry F. M. Whitesides, 1839
Oliver A. Shaw, 1840
George Burker, 1840-1842
Edmund Leaf, 1844-1868
Jeremiah Karcher, 1869-1871
Edmund Leaf, 1872-1876
John Long, 1877-1886
Edward J. Koons, 1886-1888
William DuHamel, 1889-1892
Samuel McElwee, 1892-1906
William R. Holloway, 1907-1912
A. S. H. Winsor, 1912-1914
William DuHamel, 1915-1928
Arthur B. Vossler, 1928-1934
Daniel C. Osborne, 1935-1938
Irving Angell McGrew, 1939-1942
Thomas B. Smythe, 1943-1959
Woodworth B. Allen, Jr., 1959-1962
Lloyd I. Wolf, 1962-1965
Kenneth T. Cosbey, 1966-1987
Calvin C. Adams, 1987-2010
David Green, 2013-2018
Andrew D. VanBuren, 2019–present

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System – (#78002343)". 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 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-09-29. Note: This includes Charles Dunlevey (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-29.

External links

St. Gabriel's Official Website
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1038, "St. Gabriel's Church, U.S. Route 422, Douglassville, Berks County, PA", 4 photos, 2 data pages, supplemental material

[nris-1] "National Register Information System – (#78002343)". 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 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-09-29. Note: This includes Charles Dunlevey (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-09-29.

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