First Reformed Church (Greensburg, PA)

Collection

Identifier: Church RG 225

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The First Reformed Church collection consists of 1 box containing: - Bulletins - Church Records (transcription): Baptisms, 1819-1877; Communicants, 1796-1879. Compiled & Indexed by Paul Miller Ruff, 1996 - Genealogy - History: General (in transcribed records); Anniversary Celebrations, 1946-1971; News Clippings; Published - Newsletters, 1940, 1945 - Photographs - Auxiliary Organizations: - Sunday School: Yearbooks, 1910 CHURCH FAMILY ROOTS, by Linda J. Soles, 1996 (contains family genealogies) WEBER MEMORIAL SERMON, by Cyrus Court, 1907

Dates

Creation: 1796 - 1996

Conditions Governing Use

Biographical / Historical

In 1782 the Rev. John William Weber answered a call to serve the Reformed residents of Western Pennsylvania. He organized First Reformed Church of Greensburg in 1796. The congregation was a daughter church of Harrold's congregation. The first building was a log structure on the corner of Third and Main Streets that served a Lutheran and Reformed union. A brick church was begun in 1815 and completed in 1819. The union was dissolved in 1882 and the Reformed congregation built a church at the corner of Third Street and Maple Avenue. Pastors who served include: 1796-???? John William Weber 1816-1819 Henry W. B. Habliston 1819-1877 Nicholas P. Hacke 1878-1900 Cyrus R. Dieffenbacher 1901-1906 Stanley L. Krebs 1906-1920 Edward S. Bromer 1920-1939 Lawrence E. Bair 1939-???? Charles R. Zweizig