page_title: Monaca, Pennsylvania
section_title: Mid to late 1800s
hierarchical_section_title: Monaca, Pennsylvania / History / Mid to late 1800s
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of the former New Philadelphia Society's church, which was founded and led by Bernhard Müller from 1832 to 1833. Located at 300 Fifth Street in Monaca, Pennsylvania, the church was formerly St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, but is currently Word of Life Christian Worship Center. The historical marker located near the front of the church says the following: "St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church constructed 1832 by separatists from the Harmony Society, under the leadership of Count Maximilian de Leon, organized as New Philadelphia Society. 1840 - first school built. 1850 - first pipe organ in Beaver County. Beaver County Historical Research &amp; Landmarks Foundation".
context_page_description: Monaca is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States along the Ohio River, 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. First incorporated as Phillipsburg as the home of the New Philadelphia Society, the name of the borough was changed to Monaca in honor of the Native American Monacatootha. Fire clay is found in large quantities in the vicinity, and there is an Anchor Hocking plant in the town.
  The population was 5,737 as of the 2010 Census.
context_section_description: Dr. Edward Acker established a "Watercure Sanatorium" in Phillipsburg in 1848, and in 1856 when the borough's first post office was established, it took the name "Water Cure". In 1865, Reverend William G. Taylor bought the Sanatorium buildings for his Soldiers' Orphans Home. The Home, according to one of the students, consisted of a "dormitory, dining room, schoolhouse, bathhouse, woodshed, carpenter shop and a two-acre playground." It burned in 1876. There is a historical marker, located near the point where Fourth Street meets Route 18, which reads: "Water Cure Sanatorium founded 1848 by Dr. Edward Acker. Used hydropathy or water to heal. First hospital in Beaver County. Town's first post office, 1856. Phillipsburg Soldiers Orphans School founded 1866 by Rev. William Taylor. Destroyed by fire 1876. Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation".
  Thiel College was founded here in 1866, and moved to Greenville five years later. There is a historical marker in town, located on Fourth Street, which reads: "Site of Thiel College endowed by A. Louis Thiel and founded in 1866 as Thiel Hall by Rev. William A. Passavant. Chartered in 1870 as Thiel College of The Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Henry W. Roth as first president. Moved to Greenville, PA, 1871. Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation".
  In 1892, the name of the borough was changed from Phillipsburg to Monaca in honor of the Native American Indian Monacatootha (who was also known as Scarouady).  Monacatootha (which means "Great Arrow") was an Oneida warrior chief, and a representative of the Iroquois Confederacy with the authority to supervise affairs among the Delawares and Shawnees in that area. Monacathootha had met with future U.S. President George Washington in Logstown. He was a strong friend of the English and campaigned against the French.
caption: New Philadelphia Society Church, erected 1832.
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