Forty Fort Meeting House

Forty Fort Meeting House Northeastern Pennsylvania's oldest church! Hours: Sundays in the summer from 1pm-3pm. Admission: $

07/14/2021

Hello everyone! The Meeting House will most likely be open for tours in September, depending on what happens with the Delta Variant. In the meantime, we’re looking for people who would like to become docents, those who learn enough about the Meeting House to feel comfortable giving tours. We have a docents manual with all the history!

During normal times, the Meeting House is open Sundays from 1 - 3 PM.
Please send a message if you think you’d be interested in becoming a docent. Thanks.

Hey everyone. Seems like a lot of people have been checking in here and neither I nor Matthew F Schooley have been payin...
03/24/2020

Hey everyone. Seems like a lot of people have been checking in here and neither I nor Matthew F Schooley have been paying much attention. I will try to change that today!

Everything is pretty weird in the world right now, but the Forty Fort Meeting House basically stays the same. We hope to be open for tours in May, on Sundays from 1:00 to 3:00.

I'll post some photos I happen to have with me as I .

I invite Matthew F Schooley to comment since he's much more knowledgeable than I about architecture. I CAN tell you this is an "eyelid window."

Tour today
01/17/2020

Tour today

Join us this Saturday October 5, 2019 at 1:00 PM for the second of the fall promenades/tours of the Forty Fort Cemetery ...
10/04/2019

Join us this Saturday October 5, 2019 at 1:00 PM for the second of the fall promenades/tours of the Forty Fort Cemetery $10.00/adult and $5.00/escorted child. We will start out from the Forty Fort Meeting House. Approximate time will be 2 hours. Practical walking shoes a must! We will be highlighting the relations with the native Americans and 3 families who were apart of the colonial settlement of Wyoming Valley. We will also discuss the history of rural cemeteries in the 19th century as well as the art, architecture, and symbolism of the monuments erected in the cemetery

The Forty Fort Meeting house is having its annual Fall Vesper’s Service this Sunday October 6, 2016 at 4:30. The Forty ...
10/04/2019

The Forty Fort Meeting house is having its annual Fall Vesper’s Service this Sunday October 6, 2016 at 4:30. The Forty Fort Meeting House is located at 20 River St. Forty Fort, PA 18704. This year the former Dean of Admission at Wyoming Seminary, Jack Eidam, will conduct the service in conjunction with the 175th anniversary of Wyoming Seminary. In 1838 the Reverend George Peck suggested the idea of this school in a sermon he gave from the 12’ high pulpit in the meeting house. John Vaida, Chairman of the Fine Arts Department of Wyoming Seminary will be conducting a special musical presentation for this service.

Tour today September 28 at 1:00. PM
09/28/2019

Tour today September 28 at 1:00. PM

09/26/2019

Join us this Saturday September 28, 2019 at 1:00 PM for the first of the fall promenades/tours of the Forty Fort Cemetery $10.00/adult and $5.00/escorted child. We will start out from the Forty Fort Meeting House. Approximate time will be 2 hours. Practical walking shoes a must! We will be highlighting the relations with the native Americans and 3 families who were apart of the colonial settlement of Wyoming Valley. We will also discuss the history of rural cemeteries in the 19th century as well as the art, architecture, and symbolism of the monuments erected in the cemetery.

09/06/2019

Forty Fort Cemetery Fall Clean Up

Saturday September 14, 2019 9:00AM – Noon
Meet at the Agnes Flood Memorial in the center of the cemetery
20 River St. Forty Fort, PA 18704

The Forty Fort Cemetery seeks volunteers to help with a fall clean up to remove leaves and fallen branches. Come help us care for this historic place in Wyoming Valley. Please bring work gloves and rakes.

09/06/2019

Forty Fort Cemetery Tours!

Saturday September 28, 2019
Saturday October 5, 2019
1:00PM – 3:00PM

Meet at the Forty Fort Meeting House
20 River St. Forty Fort, PA 18704
$10.00 per adult - $5.00 per escorted child

Tour the Forty Fort Cemetery and learn about historical political figures, famous people of Wyoming Valley, world tragedies, rural landscape design and more. Comfortable walking shoes a must!

Address

20 River Street
Forty Fort, PA
18704

Opening Hours

1pm - 3pm

Telephone

+15702875214

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