Malvern Baptist Cemetery
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Malvern Baptist Cemetery

Also known as Willistown Baptist Cemetery, Malvern Cemetery

Malvern, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

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  • Get directions 150 Channing Avenue
    Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 United States
    Coordinates: 40.03360, -75.51250
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The Malvern Baptist Church was established as the East Whiteland Baptist Church in the old Union Hall meetinghouse in 1833. In 1835, the congregation moved to Willistown Township and changed its name to the Willistown Baptist Church. In October of that year, the first services were held in the "commodious meeting house" on one acre of land purchased from Isaac and Juliann Ruth, facing what is today Warren Avenue. On this parcel, the congregation established a small burial ground.

In 1874, James E. Griffith presented the church with an additional plot of ground east of the old Church and facing Channing Avenue to build a new meetinghouse and parsonage. A cornerstone was laid in July 1875 and the new church dedicated in June 1876.

In 1889, the section of Willistown Township was incorporated as the Borough of Malvern; it wasn't until February 5, 1900, that the church officially changed its name to the Malvern Baptist Church.

Other adjoining parcels were added to the church's holdings around the turn of the 20th Century and the cemetery was eventually expanded the entire length along South Warren Avenue from Roberts Lane to First Avenue. Some graves in the cemetery surrounding the church have been moved to another section at least one time in its history to accommodate the church's expansion, and another part of the cemetery has had a parking lot put in on the surface, leaving at least one grave on the opposite side of the driveway.

Since 2023, the Valley Creek Church has been located in the former Baptist Church building and have been maintaining the old cemetery.

The Malvern Baptist Church was established as the East Whiteland Baptist Church in the old Union Hall meetinghouse in 1833. In 1835, the congregation moved to Willistown Township and changed its name to the Willistown Baptist Church. In October of that year, the first services were held in the "commodious meeting house" on one acre of land purchased from Isaac and Juliann Ruth, facing what is today Warren Avenue. On this parcel, the congregation established a small burial ground.

In 1874, James E. Griffith presented the church with an additional plot of ground east of the old Church and facing Channing Avenue to build a new meetinghouse and parsonage. A cornerstone was laid in July 1875 and the new church dedicated in June 1876.

In 1889, the section of Willistown Township was incorporated as the Borough of Malvern; it wasn't until February 5, 1900, that the church officially changed its name to the Malvern Baptist Church.

Other adjoining parcels were added to the church's holdings around the turn of the 20th Century and the cemetery was eventually expanded the entire length along South Warren Avenue from Roberts Lane to First Avenue. Some graves in the cemetery surrounding the church have been moved to another section at least one time in its history to accommodate the church's expansion, and another part of the cemetery has had a parking lot put in on the surface, leaving at least one grave on the opposite side of the driveway.

Since 2023, the Valley Creek Church has been located in the former Baptist Church building and have been maintaining the old cemetery.

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