page_title: Newtown Presbyterian Church
hierarchical_section_title: Newtown Presbyterian Church
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Newtown Presbyterian Church, also known as Old Presbyterian Church of Newtown, is a historic church in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 87001212 Object location40°&#160;13′&#160;56″&#160;N, 74°&#160;56′&#160;20″&#160;W&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Newtown Presbyterian Church, also known as Old Presbyterian Church of Newtown, is a historic Presbyterian church complex and national historic district in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  This old edifice is the second of four Presbyterian Church buildings erected in Newtown. The first was built in 1734, and William Tennent, the first minister, preached there one Sunday a month. The first pastor to be installed in Newtown took office in 1752. The church was erected in 1769 and remodeled in 1842. It is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular stone building in the Greek Revival style. A porch and two vestibules were added about 1880.
  In December 1776, because it was one of the largest buildings in town, General George Washington commandeered it and used it as a hospital, a jail and a P.O.W. “camp.” After the Battle of Trenton, several hundred Hessians were held there before they began their long march to Philadelphia where they would be exchanged for American soldiers.
  The small building on the south side of the church is the Session House. It was built about 1800, and is a 1 1/2-story, rubble fieldstone structure.
context_section_description: Newtown Presbyterian Church, also known as Old Presbyterian Church of Newtown, is a historic Presbyterian church complex and national historic district in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  This old edifice is the second of four Presbyterian Church buildings erected in Newtown.  The first was built in 1734, and William Tennent, the first minister, preached there one Sunday a month.  The first pastor to be installed in Newtown took office in 1752. The church was erected in 1769 and remodeled in 1842. It is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular stone building in the Greek Revival style.  A porch and two vestibules were added about 1880.
  In December 1776, because it was one of the largest buildings in town, General George Washington commandeered it and used it as a hospital, a jail and a P.O.W. “camp.”  After the Battle of Trenton, several hundred Hessians were held there before they began their long march to Philadelphia where they would be exchanged for American soldiers.
  The small building on the south side of the church is the Session House.  It was built about 1800, and is a 1 1/2-story, rubble fieldstone structure.  It was used as a meeting place for the session, and is one of only two such buildings in the county still standing.  Because most early session members were farmers and did not get to town except on Sunday, the Session House provided a quiet place for conducting church business.
  In back of the church is the church cemetery.  It includes eight British flags marking the graves of men who fought in the French and Indian Wars.  There are twenty-eight flags flying over the graves of church members who followed General Washington in the American Revolution. The graveyard is partially surrounded by a stone wall.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 1987.
caption: Newtown Presbyterian Church. October 2012
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