List of Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania

This is a list of notable Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania, where a church is notable either as a congregation or as a building. In Pennsylvania, numerous churches are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or are noted on state or local historic registers. This list also includes sites listed by the Presbyterian Historical Society as part of their American Presbyterian/Reformed Historical Sites Registry (APRHS), which also includes sites from related Reformed churches and congregations.

This article also includes related other items, such as various former Presbyterian meetinghouse sites, or cemeteries or parsonages that are NRHP-listed where the corresponding church building is more modern and not NRHP-listed.

Building Image Built Reference Location CityState DescriptionAbington Presbyterian Church1896APRHS 179 1082 Old York RdAbingtonFounded 1714, first church built 1719 Alexander Dobbin House 1776 APRHS 226 89 Steinwehr Avenue Gettysburg Amity Presbyterian Church APRHS 414 4625 Scrubgrass Road Grove City Arch Street Presbyterian Church 1855 1971 NRHP-listed 1726–1732 Arch Street Philadelphia Founded 1813 as the Fifth Presbyterian Church. Reorganized 1850. Neoclassical design by Hoxie & Button Bensalem Presbyterian Church 1710 c. APRHS 75 2826 Bristol Road Bensalem Founded 1705 as Dutch Reformed, 1730 Presbyterian. William Tennent founded the Log College while minister Bethel Presbyterian Church 1910 APRHS 582977 Bethel Church Road Bethel ParkFounded by John McMillan in 1776. Incorporated 1907. Bethel Presbyterian Church APRHS 352 1470 Bethel Church Road Indiana Organized 1788 Beulah Presbyterian Church built 1837 NRHP-listed 1975 APRHS 59 Churchill Big Spring Presbyterian Church 1790APRHS 197 Big Spring Ave. NewvilleOrganized 1738 Blacks Graveyard APRHS 334 Belmont Road Gettysburg Site of 1st Presbyterian church in the area Brookville Presbyterian Church and Manse 1905 NRHP-listed 1982 Brookville Buffalo Presbyterian Church 1846 APRHS 271 NRHP-listed 1976 Lewisburg Calvin Presbyterian Church, Zelienople 1901 APRHS 67 Zelienople Congregation founded 1845, near Harmony, PennsylvaniaChestnut Level Presbyterian Church1785 circaAPRHS 71 Chestnut Level Rd. at River Rd.near QuarryvilleFounded c. 1734. Photo shows church house Darlington Reformed Presbyterian Church 1804 APRHS 57 Darlington Deep Run Presbyterian Church 1841 rebuilt APRHS 39 16 Irish Meeting House Road Perkasie Founded 1732 as “Mr. Tennent's Upper Congregation.” Derry Presbyterian Church APRHS 417 Hershey Doe Run Presbyterian Church and Cemetery APRHS 2123104 Doe Run Church Road East Fallowfield Township near Coatesville Donegal Presbyterian Church Complex built 1732 NRHP-listed 1985 APRHS 199 East Donegal Township East Liberty Presbyterian Church 1818 founded 1932–35 built APRSR 363 Penn and Highland avenues Pittsburgh Gothic RevivalEast Vincent United Church of Christ1817APRHS 60 282 Church Hill Rd. Spring CityRecords date to 1733, 1st church 1758 Ebenezer Presbyterian Church APRHS 330 Lewisville Falkner Swamp Reformed Church APRHS 55 New HanoverFern Cliffe house at Geneva CollegeAPRHS 299Beaver Falls First Presbyterian Church, Athens1881APRHS 124622 S Main St.AthensOrganized 1812 as a Congregational church, 1823 Presbyterian, 1827 1st buildingFirst Presbyterian Church, Carlisle1760APRHS 542A N. Hanover StreetCarlisle In Carlisle Historic DistrictFirst Presbyterian Church, Lancaster1851APRHS 37140 East Orange St.Lancaster1st church on site 1770 First Presbyterian Church, Milford founded built 300 Broad St. Milford 1st services in 1825 First Presbyterian Church, New Castle 1896 APRHS 105 US 224. New Castle Organized 1801, 1st church 1804. Zachary Taylor visited in 1849 First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia Philadelphia Building pictured used until the 1920s First Presbyterian Church, Washington 1793 founded Washington First Presbyterian Church, West Chester 1832 NRHP-listed 1972 West Chester Designed by Thomas U. Walter First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre 1887 97 S Franklin St. Wilkes-Barre In River Street Historic District First Presbyterian Church, York 1861founded before 1759 225 East Market Street York In York Historic DistrictForks of the Brandywine Presbyterian Church 1875APRHS 76 1648 Horseshoe Pike Glenmoore1st church 1734Frankfort Presbyterian Church 1876 APRHS 81Hookstown Congregation founded 1790 Gettysburg Presbyterian Church founded built APRHS 94 Gettysburg Gilgal Presbyterian Church APRHS 85 Marion Center Great Conewago Presbyterian Church built 1787 NRHP-listed 1974 Hunterstown Greersburg Academy 1804 APRHS 47NRHP #75001616 Darlington First academy west of Pittsburgh, founded by the Presbyterian Church Guinston United Presbyterian Church built 1773NRHP-listed 1976 APRHS 35 Laurel, Pennsylvania Irvine United Presbyterian Church built NRHP-listed Brokenstraw Township Kylertown Presbyterian Church1854APRHS 186PA 1011 (South of Main St.)Kylertown Leiper Presbyterian Church APRHS 229900 Fairview Road SwarthmoreClosed 2012, now a Ukrainian Catholic Church Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church 1790APRHS 166 1865 Knoxlyn Road Orrtanna Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church1754APRHS 122Quarryville Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Shippensburg, PA APRHS 104 SR 4001, 2.6 miles N of ShippensburgShippensburg Mill Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery APRHS 14 Hookstown Founded in 1784Mill Creek Presbyterian Church Mingo Creek Presbyterian Church and Churchyard 1831 NRHP-listed 1992 Courtney Monaghan Presbyterian Church1847APRHS 155 1185 Gettysburg PikeDillsburgorganized 1760, cemetery 1782, address is for new church built 2003Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian ChurchAPRSR #68Darlington New Berlin Presbyterian Church NRHP-listed 1973 New Berlin Neshaminy-Warwick Presbyterian Church APRHS 87 Hartsville founded by William TennentNumine Presbyterian Church APRHS 333 Nu Mine Newtown Presbyterian Church built NRHP-listed Newtown North & Southampton Reformed Church APRHS 28 Churchville Old First Reformed Church APRHS 45 PhiladelphiaOld Hanover Presbyterian Churchyardfounded 1736, last church torn down 1875APRHS 121 GrantvilleWalled graveyard, possible site of 1774 Hanover Resolves Oxford Presbyterian Church1866APRHS 72OxfordOrganized 1754 Old Norriton Presbyterian Church built 1698 NRHP-listed 1979 APRHS 32 U.S. Route 422 Norristown Overbrook Presbyterian Church APRHS 325 PhiladelphiaPaxtang Presbyterian Church APRHS 24PaxtangPaxton Presbyterian ChurchAPRHS 46 HarrisburgPigeon Creek Presbyterian Church APRHS 6 Eighty-Four Robert Kennedy Memorial Presbyterian Church built 1871 NRHP-listed 2009 11799 Mercersburg Rd. Montgomery Township, Franklin CountyCemetery 1774, named for 1802-1843 pastor Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church built 1794 NRHP-listed 1994 Franklin County Saltsburg Presbyterian Church APRHS 213 Saltsburg Service United Presbyterian Church APRHS 49 Aliquippa Founded by John Anderson Shadyside Presbyterian Church 1889 built1975 NRHP-listed APRHS 30 Amberson Avenue and Westminster Place Pittsburgh Richardsonian RomanesqueSlate Lick United Presbyterian Church Cemetery APRHS 421 South Buffalo Tenth Presbyterian Church 1829 founded 1856 completed 17th & Spruce Streets Philadelphia Third, Scots & Mariners Presbyterian Church APRHS 27 PhiladelphiaThird Presbyterian Church1872Ninth and Potter Street Chester, PennsylvaniaGothic Revival architecture, designed by Isaac PursellTrinity Presbyterian Church1892APRHS 340 640 Berwyn Avenue Berwyn1st church built 1862Tyrone Presbyterian Church1871402 Jimtown RoadDawsonFounded 1774, Four Churches have been built on the site of the present-day Building. Union Presbyterian Church & Cemetery APRHS 376 CowansvilleUpper Octorara Presbyterian Church1840APRHS 311120 Octorara TrailParkesburgOrganized 1720Upper Tuscarora Presbyterian Church & CemeteryAPRHS 356Waterloo Warrior Run Presbyterian Church built NRHP-listed APRHS 249 McEwensville State Historical Marker

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