Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

The congregation's earliest recorded meeting occurred in 1753. In 1756, Frederick and Rosina Hummel donated land for the church. A log church building was dedicated on May 16, 1766, and was destroyed by fire in December 1817. Henry Melchir Muhlenberg visited in May and September 1769. The congregation was incorporated on February 13, 1806. A cornerstone was laid for a limestone church building on May 15, 1815, and the building was enlarged in 1855. The first parsonage was erected in 1857 where the brownstone church stands. The brownstone church building was dedicated on January 22, 1893. A remodeled church was dedicated on March 17, 1912, and the Annie B. Nye Educational Unit and new parsonage were dedicated on December 8, 1957.

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania · United States