Claim: Augustus Lutheran Church area was settled by Germans in 1717 the first church their cost 200 pounds sterling and the interior fittings were fabricated by local materials.
Evidence: The Trappe area was settled by Germans in 1717, who worshipped informally or under itinerant preachers until the arrival of Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg in 1742. Their first church, which cost 200 pounds sterling, was designed by Mühlenberg. All of the interior fittings were fabricated from local materials, including the pulpit which is made of American black walnut.