St. Patrick’s Church
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on St. Patrick’s Church As early as 1737, Catholics, primarily of Scots-Irish origin, settled in the area near Carlisle, then in Lancaster County. In 1750, Cumberland County was established and Carlisle named its county seat two years later. The Reverend Charles Sewall purchased property along Carlisle’s Pomfret Street for thirty pounds in 1779 to build St. Patrick’s Church, the first Roman Catholic Church between...read more