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Local History Pic: Herstein's Mennonite Church

This chapel sits on Neiffer Road in Limerick Township.

This photo, courtesy of the Montgomery County Planning Commission Flickr page, shows the Herstein's Mennonite Church building on Neiffer Road in Limerick Township. 

According to the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, this church "was originally an outpost of the Skippack congregation of the Franconia Conference."

The encyclopedia entry states that "The first building seems to have been erected in 1803, and was enlarged in 1917."

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Could you imagine going to church in this old chapel? 


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