“Zion Reformed United Church of Christ, originally The German Reformed Church, was founded in 1770 in Hagerstown, Maryland. The church was the first within town limits. It is the oldest church building in Washington County, Maryland that has been in continuous use as a church since its construction. When Capt. Jonathan Hager laid our his town, he gave two lots on North Potomac Street to the Zion congregation. He was tragically killed on December 6, 1775 when a heavy beam being lifted to the ceiling of the church slipped and fell, crushing him. He is buried in the churchyard and his gravesite is a local landmark.”
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