First Presbyterian Church of West Chester is a historic

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church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...

located at 130 W. Miner Street in West Chester,

Chester County, Pennsylvania Chester County (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Tscheschter Kaundi''), colloquially referred to as Chesco, is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in ...

. It was designed in 1832 by Thomas U. Walter, who later became the fourth

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. The church is a

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ed stone building measuring 75 feet long and 45 feet wide in the

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style. Additions were built in 1860 and 1955. The front facade features a recessed porch flanked by two projections with pilasters. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1972. 1st_Presbyterian_Church_West_Chester_PA.JPG, January 2010 West Chester PA 1st Presby PHS637.jpg, Before 1923

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* * Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Presbyterian churches in Pennsylvania Churches completed in 1832 Greek Revival church buildings in Pennsylvania 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Chester County, Pennsylvania West Chester, Pennsylvania Thomas U. Walter church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Presbyterian-church-stub