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Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church in Letterkenny Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1794, and is a 1 1/2-story, four by six bay, brick Georgian style building. It measures 48 feet by 60 feet, and has a gable roof. The interior of the church includes two ten-plate stoves; brick aisle ways; a crude ladder leading to a loft; and wooden pews that are long and narrow with high straight-backed seating. The ends of the pews are carved with the names of the previous occupants identifying the military ranks they held during the Revolutionary War. Rocky Springs Church was a pay for pew church that required members to sign a financial agreement between the trustees of the church and the pew holders requiring an annual fee for occupancy of the pew. The Church's pulpit is circular in form and positioned above the pews giving the speaker full view of the congregation. Access is gained by a staircase. Above the pulpit is an oval-shaped canopy or sounding board. Five acres of land to build the church was acquired by warrant on November 6, 1792. Trustees of the congregation who acquired the land upon which to build the church included: George Matthews,Esq.; James McCalmont, Esq.; James Ferguson, Esq.; James Culbertson, Esq.; and Samuel Culbertson. The property includes the church cemetery, with the oldest grave stone dated to the 1780s.〔Oldest dated gravestone is John Burns' and is dated 1760. (【引用サイトリンク】 National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania ) ''Note:'' This includes 〕 It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.〔 Each year the church is opened for an annual Presbyterian service giving the people in attendance an opportunity to experience the austere beauty of the church. File:Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church Chambersburg Pennsylvania.jpg|Drawing made in 1894 for the centennial File:Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church, Fall 2013.jpg|Rocky Spring Church, 2013 File:Example of name carvings showing the identity of pew holders.jpg|Pews carved with the name of the pew holder File:Rocky Spring wooden pews and ladder to loft.jpg|Straight-backed, carved, pews and crude ladder to loft File:Rocky Spring Church Cemetery, 2013.jpg|Church cemetery ==References== 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「Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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