Augustus Lutheran Church
Augustus Lutheran Church is a historic church and Lutheran congregation at 717 West Main Street in Trappe, Pennsylvania. Consecrated in 1745, it is the oldest extant Lutheran church building in the United States.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Trappe, United States of America
- Address: Trappe
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Speaker’s House and Perkiomen Bridge Hotel.
The Speaker’s House
Museum
Photo: Smallbones, CC0.
The Speaker's House is a museum located in Trappe, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that preserves the home of Frederick Muhlenberg, the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The Speaker’s House is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Augustus Lutheran Church.
Perkiomen Bridge Hotel
Retail building
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Perkiomen Bridge Hotel, also known as Lane's Hotel, is a historic, American hotel complex that is located adjacent to the Perkiomen Bridge in Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Perkiomen Bridge Hotel is situated 2 miles southeast of Augustus Lutheran Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trappe and Rahns.
Trappe
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Trappe is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Trappe had a population of 4,002. Augustus Lutheran Church, built in 1743, is the oldest unchanged Lutheran church building in the United States in continuous use by the same congregation.
Rahns
Village
Rahns is an unincorporated community along the Perkiomen Creek in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Rahns was founded in 1865 and named for an early settler, George Rahn. Rahns is situated 1½ miles east of Augustus Lutheran Church.
Collegeville
Photo: Smallbones, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Collegeville is a city in Montgomery County in Southeastern Pennsylvania about 30 miles from Philadelphia. The large borough is made up mostly of residential neighborhoods, privately owned restaurants, and a small strip of shops.
Augustus Lutheran Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Borough of Trappe, Montgomery County, Philadelphia Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.20193° or 40° 12′ 7″ northLongitude
-75.48047° or 75° 28′ 50″ westInception
1743Open location code
87G66G29+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 244903355OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q4821487
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Augustus Lutheran Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه اوجسطس اللوثريه”
- German: “Augustus Lutheran Church”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Augustus Lutheran Church and Parish House.
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