Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
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| location = 31 South Duke Street,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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| year_completed = 1766
| designation1 = Pennsylvania
| designation1_date = June 15, 1975{{cite web|url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pennsylvania_historical_marker_program/2539/search_for_historical_markers |title=PHMC Historical Markers Search |work=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission |format=Searchable database}}
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is an historic, American Lutheran church that is located at 31 South Duke Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest churches in the commonwealth.{{cite web|title=Our History|url=http://www.trinitylancaster.org/about-us/our-history/|publisher=Holy Trinity Lutheran Church}}
The remains of both Thomas Mifflin and Thomas Wharton were interred at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church cemetery.
History
The church congregation was formed in 1730. The current building was completed in 1766.
A Commonwealth of Pennsylvania historical marker at Trinity Church commemorates Thomas Wharton and Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Mifflin, the first and last Governors and Presidents of Pennsylvania under the 1776 State Constitution. The marker was dedicated in 1975 and is located on Duke Street in Lancaster.Pennsylvania State Historical Marker for [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/DOH/descriptresults.asp?secid=31&markertext=thomas+wharton&markertextsubmit=Search+by+Keywords Thomas Wharton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526123038/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/DOH/descriptresults.asp?secid=31&markertext=thomas+wharton&markertextsubmit=Search+by+Keywords |date=2008-05-26 }} The text of the marker reads:
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Lutheran Church
Founded in 1730.
A session for an Indian treaty was held in the original church building in 1762.
The present edifice was dedicated in 1766.
Here are interred the remains of Thomas Wharton (1778) and Gov. Thomas Mifflin (1800).
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File:Holy Trinity Lutheran Church steeple at dawn, Lancaster, PA.jpg
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- [http://www.trinitylancaster.org Official website]
Category:Churches in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Category:Lutheran churches in Pennsylvania
Category:Churches completed in 1766
Category:18th-century Lutheran churches in the United States