The Present Building for St. Peter\'s Lutheran Church Chester Springs • St. Peter’s Church was used as a hospital in 1778 during the Revolutionary war. \n• In 1884 it was so cold that services were held in the sheds as the sanctuary was too cold. \n• Council began meeting quarterly in 1886. \n• Sewing Circle formed in 1922. \n• Cemetery fund established in 1928 \n• Tradition has it that prior to our cemetery, it was an Indian burying ground with the oldest stone dated 1690.