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East Palmyra Prebyterian Church

Historic Site #:09-005   (Exists)   Type: A1,B2,E1 Town:Palmyra
Site Name:East Palmyra Prebyterian ChurchGPS Coordinates:43.084079, -77.148428
Address:2202 Whitbeck Rd. Palmyra NY
Description:
 
Historic Marker (used with permission L A Jorgensen)1843-1870 building in 2013 (used with permission L A Jorgensen)
1870 building in 2015 (used with permission L A Jorgensen)Interior in 2015 (used with permission, L A Jorgensen)
 
Historic narrative:
Organized in 1793 as a Congregational Church, the congregation dissolved. In 1797 the group reorganized  and incorporated as a Presbyterian Church, In 1807 they built a frame building. In 1843 a larger frame building was built on the corner of Tellier and Whitbeck Roads. It has since been moved to a farm on Tellier Rd. The current building was erected in 1870.

References:

Landmarks of Wayne County. George W. Cowles. 1895.

Palmyra and Vicinity by Thomas Cook. 1930

History of the purchase and settlement of Western New York, and of the rise, progress, and present state of the Presbyterian Church in that section. Rev. James H. Hotchkin. 1848

East Palmyra Remembered: the story of a hamlet. Beth Hoad & Sylvia Harding. 2004

The First Hundred Churches of Wayne County New York by Loreen Jorgensen, 2018, Page 10