Slate Belt Museum and Historical Society
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Description: Housed in a landmark 1836 building in Mount Bethel, permanent displays include slate mining exhibit, antique farm implements, Victorian home furnishings and clothing, and local Indian artifacts. Includes history of the building and hours.
The country gothic building which houses the Slate Belt Museum and Historical Society was originally the Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church. This church had its beginnings in 1730 when some thirty families of Scotch-Irish birth settled in an area north of the Forks of the Delaware River, now Upper and Lower Mount Bethel and Washington Townships, particularly the villages of Martins Creek, Richmond and Mount Bethel. Alexander Hunter, an early leader, gave his name to this community. Hunter Settlement was part of the land still in Lenni Lenape Indian territory and these pioneers were actually squatters in a hostile land.
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| Page title: | Slate Belt Museum |
| Keywords: | Slate Belt Museum, Slate Belt, Museum, Pennsylvania, PA, |
| Description: | The country gothic building which houses the Slate Belt Museum and Historical Society was originally the Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church. |
| IP-address: | 64.21.157.200 |