Palmyra Presbyterian Church

Palmyra Presbyterian Church is a Michigan historical marker in Palmyra, Lenawee County, dedicated 1986.

6370 Palmyra Road, Palmyra

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Sixteen persons from Presbyterian congregations in Tecumseh, Blissfield, and Adrian founded this church in 1836. The following year the Reverend John Walker became their minister. They held services in a schoolhouse on the west side of the River Raisin. In 1842-43 the congregation erected its first church. In 1861 the present structure was completed. Much of the labor and materials were donated. Originally designed in the form of a New England meetinghouse, the building has been remodeled several times.

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1836 · Western States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Ohio. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1845 · Ohio. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · State Of Ohio (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · (Map of Lenawee County, Michigan) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Western States, 1836, covering the location of Palmyra Presbyterian Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Western States, 1836, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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