Reformed Presbyterian Church

On the present day site of El-bethel Temple Church, stood the Reformed Presbyterian Church. This religious group was known as "Covenanters", though the name of the church did not contain the word "Covenant". The church traces its origins back to the mid 1800s, making it the second oldest church in Wilkinsburg. The original church for Wilkinsburg's Covananters was built in 1845 on land donated by James Kelly. Kelly donated land for many of Wilkinsburg's churches and this is the church he attended until his death in 1882. In 1892 the old church was torn down because coal had been taken out of the land around the building and the structure was in danger of falling down. The present structure was then erected.

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