Flickinger Union Meetinghouse
Denver, Lancaster County, PA
Built in 1865
Above: Flickinger Union Meetinghouse 2040 PA-897 Denver, Pennsylvania
History in Churches and Cemeteries
of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania:
Flickinger Union Meetinghouse
Also was called Cocalico Union Church
1864 - Land was deeded by John Flickinger for the school, meetinghouse, and burial ground. Building was erected in 1865. Groups using the building included Reformed congregation, Church of the Brethren (1865 -1909), Evangelical Association, and Mennonites (1873 -1880s and 1926 - 1948).
Source: Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, A. Hunter Rineer, 1993, page 427. LancasterHistory
Above: The building stone is Triassic sandstone of the Hammer Creek Formation.
Above: Photo by A. Hunter Rineer, author of Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, LancasterHistory
Description in Our Present Past (1985)
By the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County:
“Union Meetinghouse, Route 897, north side, east of Sportsman Road, 1865; one and one-half story, three bay whitewashed stone meetinghouse; central entry, central chimney also used as a school.” Our Present Past, page 349, Historic Preservation Trust, 1985.
The Church on a Geology Map:
Above: The church is constructed of Triassic sandstone of the Hammer Creek Formation. Image source: PaGEODE map. (Church icon added)
Above: The sandstone reveals a trace of whitewash that previously covered the stone.