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Forty Fort Meeting House Forty Fort, PA 18704
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| The Forty Fort Meeting House is located in the Old Forty Fort Cemetery on the northern end of River St., across from the Forty Fort Borough Building, in Forty Fort. The house is not currently open to the public. | |||
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History The Forty Fort Meeting House, built in 1806-8, and located in the Old Forty Fort Cemetery, is a wood-frame building with white clapboard siding in a style typical of New England meeting houses. The style was carried to the Wyoming Valley via the Connecticut settlers who migrated to northeastern Pennsylvania in the late 18th century. In 1768, the Susquehanna Company set aside certain public lands to be used for a "gospel ministrie" (Susquehanna Company Papers, Vol. III, p.44). Several factors intervened to delay actual building of a house of worship, including the first and second Yankee-Pennamite wars and the American Revolution, especially the Battle of Wyoming (July 3, 1778), when a house of worship that was begun was destroyed in the aftermath of the battle. |
Directions to Forty Fort Meeting House
From Interstate 81 take exit 170B, onto the North Cross Valley Expressway (Route 309), eventually crossing over the Susquehanna River. Take exit 4 onto Welles Street, and follow Welles Street to the intersection with Wyoming Avenue (Route 11). Make a right onto Wyoming Avenue. Follow Wyoming Avenue approximately 1.5 miles, just before the Forty Fort Cemetery on the right hand side.
*History used from this source
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