A French church in Portarlington dates back to 1696, and was built to serve the significant new Huguenot community in the town.

Like the Separatists, who came to Holland from England about 1607/1608, the French Huguenot community was fleeing adverse events in their homeland.

In 1698, the time of the Penal Laws, the church was offered to the Huguenot community as a place of worship and cemetery.

The first parts of the actual French Church were built from 1701 to 1705 for the Huguenot (Calvinist) community.

French Street was named after a Huguenot community that lived in Sunbury in the eighteenth century.

This church, built from 1733-36 according to plans by Joachim Ludwig Schultheiß von Unfried, was used by the city's Huguenot community.

It was also used as a burial place by the Huguenot community.

The chapels, which had previously served the Huguenot community, were adapted as synagogues.

In 1689 Pell officially deeded 6,100 acres (25 km) for the establishment of a Huguenot community.

The French Cathedral (in German: Französischer Dom) the older of the two cathedrals, was built by the Huguenot community between 1701 and 1705.