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The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, USA, is located on 21st and Walnut, built in an array of architectural styles of leading Philadelphia architects. == History == The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia was organized around 1692. Religious services began in a building known as the "Barbadoes Warehouse", located on the northwest corner of Second and Chestnut Streets. For a time, both Baptists and Congregationalists shared this facility with the Presbyterians.〔http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/findingaids/fa.cfm?record_id=35〕 In 1704, the congregation moved to the south side of High Street (now Market Street) at the corner of Bank Street.〔 Here the first Presbyterian church in Philadelphia was established. Then, in 1793, it was renovated and made more spacious and elegant. Twenty-seven years later it was abandoned, due to unsafe conditions and the encroachment of the surrounding business district.〔 A new church was erected at Washington Square (Seventh and Locust Streets). At this church, in 1837, came the formation of the New School Assembly, from which emerged the Second Church.〔 During the 1920s, the church decided to relocate again partially due to the decay of city’s Old City historic area.〔Hammonds, Kenneth A. ''Historical Directory of Presbyterian Churches and Presbyteries of Greater Philadelphia''. (Philadelphia, Pa.: Presbyterian Historical Society, 1993)〕 In 1929, the congregation merged with Calvary Presbyterian Church and moved to Locust Street near Fifteenth Street. The merged congregation kept the name First Presbyterian Church.〔 When the historic First and Second Presbyterian Churches in Philadelphia joined to form one church in 1949, the united congregation adopted the name of the First Church (founded in 1698) and occupied the fourth building of the Second Church (founded 1743). The architect Henry Augustus Sims designed the present building at 21st and Walnut Streets and attended the dedication in October 1872. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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