Germantown Meetinghouse
(1770-present)

place and Meeting House

Aged 254

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Germantown Meetinghouse. Built here in 1770 - the first meetinghouse of the Church of the Brethren in the nation. Founded in Germany in 1708, the denomination was entirely transplanted to America by 1750 due to religious persecution. Many early Brethren leaders are buried in the cemetery.

6611 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA, United States where it sited (1770)