First (Zion) Reformed Church (Homestead, PA)
Scope and Contents
The First Reformed Church (Mt. Zion E&R) collection consists of 2 boxes containing: - Annual Meeting Minutes,1954-1971 - Awards & Certificate: Building Fund, 1913 - Bulletins - Charter: Amendment, 1964 - Church Records (original): Baptisms, 1900-1997; Confirmations, 1963-1976; Marriages, 1900-1987; Deaths, 1900-2000; Communicants, 1900-1983; Membership, 1899-1983; Officers, 1899-1978; Pastoral Register, 1899-1961; Statistical Reports, 1900-1956; Directories, 1959 - Constitutions, 1900-1961 - Correspondence, 1937-1973 - Financial Records: Ledgers, 1904-1959; Mortgage; Offering, 1904-1927; Treasurer's Reports, 1934-1976, 2000 - History: General (some in orig. record book); Anniversary Celebrations, 1926-1963 - Legal Records: Deeds - Newsletters - Parochial Reports, 1921-1947 - Pastors, 1937-1938 - Committees: - Building Committee: Minutes, 1902-1905 (found in orig. record book) - Christian Education: Reports, 1946-1961 - Consistory: Minutes, 1899-1985 - Auxiliary Organizations: - Ladies Aid Society: Minutes, 1909-1926 - Men's Bible Class: Financial Records. Offering - Sunday School: Attendance, 1923-1930; Constitutions, n.d., 1926; Minutes, 1921-1930; Certificates, 1911, 1912, 1915. - Blueprints (3)
Dates
- Creation: 1899 - 2003
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Biographical / Historical
This church was originally known as First Reformed Church, Homestead, PA. The congregation moved to West Mifflin and founded Mount Zion E&R Church 1953. The church closed in 2003. Pastors include: 1899-1901 John K. Adams 1902-1904 M. M. Noacker 1904-1908 Albert J. Collison 1908-1910 J. B. Schontz 1910-1914 H. A. Shiffer 1914-1920 E. S. LaMar 1921-1934 David J. Wolf 1936-???? Franklin Glassmoyer 1938-1944 Ira R. Harkins 1946-1947 Nelson H. Andres 1947-1949 Leonard Stuckwisch 1951-1960 Gabriel Fackre 1957-1959 Paul Oberkircher 1961-???? W. Scott Hengen, III
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Adams, John K. (1865-1956) (Person)
- Andres, Nelson Herman (1922-1999) (Person)
- Collison, Albert James (1874-1928) (Person)
- Fackre, Gabriel Joseph (1926-2018) (Person)
- Glassmoyer, Franklin Frederick (1911-1978) (Person)
- Harkins, Ira Richard (1905-1980) (Person)
- Hengen, Walter Scott, III (1935) (Person)
- LaMar, Edward Sinn (1872-1946) (Person)
- Noacker, Milton Monroe (1860-1930) (Person)
- Oberkircher, Paul Edward (1921-1992) (Person)
- Schontz, Jonas B. (1837-1914) (Person)
- Shiffer, Horace Albert (1883-1971) (Person)
- Stuckwisch, Leonard (1906-1971) (Person)
- Wolf, David John (1866-1934) (Person)
Geographic
- Title
- First (Zion) Reformed Church (Homestead, PA)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the E&R Library & Archives Repository
555 W. James Street
Lancaster PA 17603 United States
717-290-8734
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