Name/Title
Pipe Creek Church of the BrethrenEntry/Object ID
1980.1245.012Description
Print, photographic. Pipe Creek Church of the Brethren, Union Bridge. B/W photo of a long brick building with a stone foundation. The front of the church has a double white door, two white shuttered windows, another double white door, two more white shuttered windows, and then one more double white door and a single white shuttered window. There are sidewalks leading up to each of the doors with three trees in the front yard. The right side has three white shuttered windows on the first floor and two more of them on the second. The foundation, visible to the right has two small windows and a white door. There is a chimney at the top of the right corner of the roof. There is a road that runs in front of the yard in front of the church. On back in pencil "Pipe Creek Church of the Brethren org. 1758 bldg. 1891 Gen. Baptist then Brethren". 8" x 10"Acquisition
Accession
1980.1245Source or Donor
McKinney, Robert M.Acquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
Initially known as the Dunkers at Pipe Creek, and later as the Pipe Creek Congregation of the German Baptist Brethren, the congregation traces its beginnings to 1758. They held meetings at the farm adjacent to the church until 1793 when they built a log schoolhouse that was also used for worship services. A meetinghouse was erected in 1806, enlarged in 1866, and rebuilt in 1891. John Lewis, a friend of Samuel Clemens’ (Mark Twain), was a member of this congregation. Abraham Lincoln worshipped there as he traveled back from giving his address in Gettysburg. Between 1778 and 1867, the Brethren at Pipe Creek hosted seven Annual Meetings of the denomination. In 1970, their name was changed to Pipe Creek Church of the Brethren. The church is still in use at 26 Pipe Creek Rd, Union Bridge, MD.