Smithfield Church
Inscription
Believed to be the first of four early churches built by Dutch Settlers, it stood below the road toward the river. The log structure housed the Dutch Reformed congregation until it moved to the Old Stone Church in Shawnee ca. in 1752.
Location
AddressRiver Rd. (SR 2028), near Smithfield Beach Access, 3 miles NE of Shawnee
CountyMonroe
StatePennsylvania
Coordinates41.026140, -75.064270
Sources
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