Warrior Run Church
Delaware Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
Named for Indian occupation of the region. Presbyterian landmark. A log church was here in 1789. The present building erected in 1835. Restored in 1947 by Warrior Run Chapter D.A.R., aided by descendants and friends.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
Warrior Run Church takes its name from the region's earlier Native presence and stands as a landmark of frontier Presbyterianism. A log meetinghouse rose here in 1789 as settlers returned to the upper Susquehanna after the Revolution, and the present stone building dates to 1835; the Daughters of the American Revolution restored it in 1947.
Why it matters
It embodies the faith and resettlement that rebuilt Pennsylvania's frontier communities in the decades after the Revolution.
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