Tour Historic Honesdale   16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |                                               © 2003 John Van Horn 23. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Presbyterians were the pioneer church organizers of Honesdale. Nine members started the church in a log cabin structure called the “Tabernacle” on the banks of the Lackawaxan and Dyberry Rivers at the foot of 12th Street on Feb 11, 1829. Maurice Wurtz, the originator of the D & H Canal Co., joined the church at the next communion. The present building was built in 1869 and the chapel and manse followed soon afterward. Another wooden structure was destroyed by fire and replaced by the present brick building.
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