Independent Congregational Church, also known as the Unitarian Church of Meadville, is a historic

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church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

at 346 Chestnut Street in Meadville,

Crawford County, Pennsylvania Crawford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 83,938. Its county seat is Meadville. The county was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named for Colonel W ...

. It was built in 1835–1836. It is a large, squarish red brick building with a portico with

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columns supporting a

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedim ...

in the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

style. The church was designed by Gen. George Washington Cullum (1809-1892), who also designed

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. The congregation was a supporter of the Meadville Theological School. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1978.

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External links

Google Ebooks: A historical sketch of the Independent Congregational Church, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1825-1900
accessed 08-18-2012
Independent Congregational Church, Meadville, Crawford County, PA
1 photo at

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Harm Jan Huidekoper, a founder of the Independent Congregational Church and the Meadville Theological School
Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Greek Revival church buildings in Pennsylvania Churches completed in 1836 Churches in Crawford County, Pennsylvania Meadville, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Crawford County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-church-stub