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Remnants of Old Pine Church Mark a Forgotten Frederick County Site
In a forested hilltop four miles southeast of Stephens City lie the graves and ruins of St. Joseph Lutheran Church also known as Pine Hills. Built as a shared Dutch Reformed and Lutheran place of worship, the log structure faced southeast and lacked aisles or an organ, with a central stove and water bucket. The church faded after 1880 as Ridings Chapel United Brethren rose nearby and Lutherans shifted their attendance, the last traces removed when owner Jim Cline dismantled the building for timber to craft a family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Stephens City
Ridings Chapel United Methodist Church
St. Joseph Lutheran Church
United Methodist
Snyder Alleman
Trinity Lutheran Church
St. Joseph
Old Pine Church
Paul Henkel
Christian Streit
Winchester
Lewis Eichelburger
Ridings Chapel
United Brethren Church
U.B. Church of Reliance
United Brethren
Ed Ridings
Jim Cline
Shertzer