{"nrhp_refnum":"73001659","name":"Warrior Run Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of McEwensville on PA 147","address_restricted":false,"city":"McEwensville","county":"Northumberland County","state":"PA","lat":41.09883059800006,"lon":-76.80654098799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick Presbyterian church in McEwensville, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, erected in 1835 on the site of earlier log structures.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church commemorates the Scots-Irish settlers who played a leading role in settling the frontier. Architecturally it is presented as an excellent example of a rural interpretation of the Greek Revival temple style popular in northern Pennsylvania, New York and parts of New England in the 1820s through 1840s.","narrative":"Built in 1835 of red brick near McEwensville in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Warrior Run Presbyterian Church is basically Greek Revival in design, though modified by rural influences. Its two paneled front doors have semicircular fanlights, and its sides have five bays with louvered shutters. Four Doric columns across the front support a portico, set further apart than in true Greek temples, beneath a triangular pediment. The interior keeps old box pews and a plain pulpit that reflect its rural character. Earlier churches stood nearby: a log structure about three miles away near the mouth of Warrior Run, and a second log building begun in 1789 in front of the present church. The Warrior Run chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution restored the exterior to its original appearance in 1947. The building is valued as a memorial to the Scots-Irish settlers who played a leading role in settling the frontier, and as an example of the Greek Revival temple style in a rural setting.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, modified by rural influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"The church was restored to its original appearance in 1947 and its early nineteenth century furnishings were restored in 1959; it has no exterior changes.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.291919-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/73001659.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001659/5332cb11df-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001659/5332cb11df-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warrior_Run_Church_-_Watsontown,_Pennsylvania_(8484533732).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warrior_Run_Church_-_Watsontown,_Pennsylvania_(8484533732).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996428","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_Run_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7970788"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northumberland-county/warrior-run-presbyterian-church-73001659/"}