Pennepack Baptist Church , also known as the Pennepek Baptist Church and the Lower Dublin Baptist Church , is an historic, American Baptist church that is located in Bustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA.
11-649: It is one of the oldest Baptist congregations in North America, and is situated in the 23rd Ward of Philadelphia, near Pennypack Creek (also known as the Pennepek). The congregation of this church was founded in 1688 by Elias Keach, the son of Benjamin Keach , as the first Baptist church in Pennsylvania , and originally was based on Calvinist (Reformed) theology. Ebenezer Kinnersley , a notable scientist, served as minister for
22-529: A 3,000 mile long trail system connecting Maine to Florida. Several historic bridges cross Pennypack Creek and its tributaries. 40°04′30″N 75°03′38″W / 40.07501°N 75.06056°W / 40.07501; -75.06056 Pennypack Park Pennypack Park is a municipal park , part of the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation system located in Northeast Philadelphia in
33-541: A period during the 1700s. The current church building was constructed in 1805 on the site of two earlier church buildings dating back to 1707. The church congregation still meets weekly. 40°04′53″N 75°03′04″W / 40.08127°N 75.05120°W / 40.08127; -75.05120 This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Pennsylvania is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Philadelphia -related article
44-713: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pennypack Creek Pennypack Creek is a 22.6-mile-long (36.4 km) creek in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States . It runs southeast through lower Bucks County , eastern Montgomery County and the northeast section of Philadelphia , before emptying into the Delaware River . The creek draws its name from the Lenape word pënëpèkw meaning "downward-flowing water" or "deep, dead water; water without much current." Early cartographers gave various spellings for
55-462: Is home to many reptile species including several kinds of snakes , turtles (including common snapping turtles ), frogs , the common toad and several kinds of salamanders . Many historic structures remain intact throughout Pennypack Park. Built in 1697, the King's Highway Bridge at Frankford Avenue is the oldest stone bridge still in use in the United States . Pennepack Baptist Church , another of
66-606: The U.S. state of Pennsylvania . Established in 1905 by ordinance of the City of Philadelphia, it includes about 1,600 acres (6 km ) of woodlands, meadows and wetlands. The Pennypack Creek runs through the park from Pine Road to the Delaware River . The park has playgrounds, hiking and bike trails, and bridle paths for horseback riding. An adjunct to the park is the Pennypack Environmental Center on Verree Road. More than 150 species of nesting and migrating birds use
77-599: The Frankford Avenue bridge), several early settlers built mills along the Pennypack, including Penn's "Pemmapecka Mill," built in 1701. The mills contributed to the growth of Holmesburg , the neighborhood near the mouth of the creek, and provided local farmers a place to sell their grain that was nearer than the city of Philadelphia. Fetter's Mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. With
88-640: The development of steam power in the Industrial Revolution , water power's influence on industry declined. As a result, many of the mills on the Pennypack closed, and by 1905 the land around it was acquired by the city for parkland. The creek now runs through Pennypack Park in Philadelphia and Lorimer Park in Montgomery County. Segments of park trail help form the East Coast Greenway ,
99-725: The name, including Pennishpaska , La Riviere de Pennicpacka , and Pennishpacha Kyl . In early Swedish patents it was called Pemipacka . Thomas Holme called it Dublin Creek , while in later maps it is called Pennypack and Pennepack . The Pennypack creek was first surveyed by Thomas Holme in 1687. The creek begins in two branches, one in Horsham , the other in Warminster , joining in Bryn Athyn . The creek then flows through Lower Moreland , Abington and Northeast Philadelphia . Pennypack Creek
110-507: The park, including the tiny ruby-throated hummingbird , the great blue heron , warblers , the pileated woodpecker , several kinds of seabirds, ducks , geese , hawks , great horned owls and the little screech owl to name only a few. Famous for its large, scattered deer herd, the park is home to a large variety of mammals, including several kinds of bat, the red and gray fox , rabbits , chipmunks , mice , muskrats , groundhogs , raccoons , skunks , opossum and weasels . The park
121-469: Was once the site of several mills. When William Penn founded the province of Pennsylvania in 1682, the Pennypack valley was occupied by Swedish colonists , who continued to live as English settlement began. Penn ordered the first bridge built across the creek along the King's Highway (now Frankford Avenue) in 1697; the bridge still stands. Despite the lack of navigability beyond the Fall Line (near
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