Editing New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
New Philadelphia had historically been an anthracite mining town.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

Because of the high number of Lithuanians and Irish in the area, there was much separation of the two nationalities.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} This tension ultimately resulted in the forming of two separate Catholic churches; Sacred Heart (Lithuanian) and Holy Family (Irish).{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} There was also a town-wide brawl that occurred as a result of this tension. The dispute was settled by the priests from Sacred Heart and Holy Family calling their respective patrons to stop fighting and buying each other a beer.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

In 2008, the two Catholic parishes were merged to create Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

In 2012, the Souls Harvest Baptist Church relocated to New Philadelphia from [[Port Carbon, Pennsylvania|Port Carbon]]. They are now located at the corner of Kimber and Clay streets in the building that once housed a Methodist church. This building is the oldest building in town.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}