Results tagged “Guinston Presbyterian Church” from York Town Square

Welsh miners from the southeastern York County village of Coulsontown worshipped at the nearby Slate Ridge Presbyterian Church. Clearly, some of the slate they mined found its way into the church's cemetery as headstones (the darker markers), rather than the primary use for the stone - roofing shingles. (See additional photos below.) Background posts: Delta-Peach Bottom slate shingles: 'Nothing works as good as this' , Southeastern York County made for Sunday drive and Site filled with wealth of York County geological info.

When settlers legally moved into York County after 1730, they often constructed their homes out of the most-readily available building product.

Mostly, that was wood, and many of the log homes still standing around the county have long been covered with protective siding. But of course, most 1700s and 1800s log structures are long gone or are disappearing even today.

The Guinston Presbyterian Church, victimized by vandals this week, is one of York County's oldest. It was built in 1773.

Police are still looking for information on who have vandalized the historic Guinston Presbyterian Church.

Here's how the York Daily Record/Sunday News story about the destructive acts began:

After you've visited Round Hill Presbyterian Church in Cross Roads, consider other points of interest in the Chanceford Township-area of southeastern part of York County in your Sunday afternoon drive. (See previous post: "Get around to seeing ornate Round Hill church.")

-- Hershaull Park, near Round Hill church, sports a ball field that abuts a cornfield. Put in bleachers, and it's a small-scale version of that famous field from "Field of Dreams. ... "