Founded in 1828, St. Paul's is the second oldest religious congregation in West Whiteland Township in continual existence, following Grove Methodist Church.

It was built along the Lancaster Pike, the first turnpike in the United States, and a major route to the west from Philadelphia.

[3] The cornerstone laying ceremony in 1828 was of statewide significance, with John Andrew Shulze, the Governor of Pennsylvania, attending, as well as Bishop William White, Presiding Bishop of Pennsylvania, and of the Episcopal Church in the United States, and the Rev.

They may have changed religious membership because their participation in the United States military during or after the American Revolution violated Quaker pacifist beliefs.

New pews, which incorporated a pointed Gothic arch, faced north along a single central aisle.

In colonial times through to the mid 1900s, the Lychgate was the place where the unclean would stop and wait until the priest arrived to bless them.

This combination circumstances demonstrates the significance of the Lychgate to not only the orthodox Christian but to the historical authenticity of church structure.