Montgomery County, PA

(now Montgomery Plaza)

     Across Swede Street, where the high rise office building now stands, previously stood the First Baptist Church (1833) which had a steeple added by Thomas U. Walter in 1850.  This was an abolitionist church, where many famous orators, such as Frederick Douglass, are known to have lectured.  It is documented as a stop on the Underground Railroad. Note the plaque on the building’s corner of Swede and Airy Streets.

 
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