Robert Kennedy Memorial Presbyterian Church

The story

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The Robert Kennedy Memorial Presbyterian Church is a church building at 11799 Mercersburg Rd. in Montgomery, Franklin County. It was built in 1871 in the Italianate and Late Victorian styles.

Why it's listed

It was listed under Criterion C, meeting Criteria Considerations A and B, with local-level significance in architecture. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1871, the year the church was built.

Physical character

The church has a limestone foundation, weatherboard walls, and a tin and asphalt roof over a gambrel form. A square bell tower projects from the building, and the gabled front elevation carries a diamond-shaped tablet, a two-leafed door and a half-round fanlight. Pilasters and a molded watertable mark the exterior, and hand-hewn beams remain inside. A brick chimney and a small bulkhead door were added in 1916, and a Tiffany stained glass panel was installed in 1934.

Historical context

The congregation traces to the Welsh Run Presbyterian Congregation, established in 1741. It dissolved in 1962, and the Carlisle Presbytery took over in 1974. Modern changes made in 2004 included a loft, carpeting and a light fixture, and at the time of its listing the property held a religious facility, a domestic secondary structure, a cemetery and a civic use.