# First Presbyterian Church, Monongahela

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**First Presbyterian Church, Monongahela (FPCM),** is located in the City of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, at the corner of 6th and[![first presbyterian church monongahela.jpg](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/scaled-1680-/first-presbyterian-church-monongahela.jpg)](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2023-12/first-presbyterian-church-monongahela.jpg) Main Street. It is a member of the Washington Presbytery and the Presbyterian Church (USA).

#### History

The predicessor to FPCM was the [**Horseshoe Bottom Presbyterian Church.**](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/books/places-of-worship/page/horseshoe-bottom-presbyterian-church-and-cemetery) It was located 2 1/2 miles outside of the City of Monongahela in Carroll Township. The church building was demolished but the adjoining church cemetery still exists and is one of the oldest in the Monongahela area.

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### Related Monongapedia articles

- [Horseshoe Bottom Presbyterian Church and Cemetery](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/books/places-of-worship/page/horseshoe-bottom-presbyterian-church-and-cemetery)
- [Places of Worship](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/books/places-of-worship)

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### Explanatory notes and references

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### Further reading

- [Linn, Alonzo. *First Presbyterian Church of Monongahela City 1796 - 1921.* First Presbyterian Church, 1921.](https://archive.org/details/first-presbyterian-church-history-monongahela-pa)
- [*Historical Magazine of Monongahela’s Old Home Coming Week | Historic Pittsburgh*. The Chill W. Hazzard Co., 1908.](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/Historical%20Magazine%20of%20Monongahela%E2%80%99s%20Old%20Home%20Coming%20Week%20|%20Historic%20Pittsburgh.%20historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A00z838213m/viewer#page/118/mode/2up.)

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### External links

- [FPCM Facebook Page](https://www.washingtonpresbytery.org/about-us/our-churches/first-presbyterian-church-monongahela/ "First Presbyterian Church, Monongahela Facebook Page")
- [FPCM information on the Washington Presbytery website](https://www.washingtonpresbytery.org/about-us/our-churches/first-presbyterian-church-monongahela/)
- [FPCM archived web page at Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20110128153106/http://1stpresbyterianmonongahela.com/)