CLOSED CHURCHES WITHIN THE
PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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CLEARFIELD COUNTY PA
Allport ME
Location: PA 53, village of Allport
Municipality: Morris township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From the interchange of I-80 and PA
53, go miles south on PA 53. The church
building is on the left. In the north end of Allport, ˝ south of the Bigler-Allport
cutoff.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1988,310&311
– merged with Kylertown and Munson to erect the
present Gethsemane United Methodist Church
Brief History:
Final disposition:
The building has been remodeled into apartments,
with the sanctuary converted into upstairs units.
Ansonville ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Banian ME
[no picture]
Location:
Municipality: Bigler township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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1913,77 – unused;
building torn down and materials to be used to erect church at Smoke Run
Brief History:
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Belsena Mills ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Bethel ME
[no picture]
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Betz ME
Location:
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Bloomington ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Centre ME
Location: Washington Avenue
Municipality: Lawrence township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From the community of Hyde, go south on Washington
Avenue (the old Clearfield-Curwensville highway). The church site is in the second cemetery on
the right, at the junction with Country Club Road, ˝ mile past Village Road and
before the high school.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
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Brief History:
Organized in 1815, this is the oldest
Methodist Society in Clearfield County and the mother
church for all area Methodism. The congregation
first met in a log cabin that was also used as a schoolhouse. Two church building were erected on this
site, on land donated by the Philip Antes who had done the same thing at Curtin
in Centre County in 1787: one in 1834, and the second, pictured above at the
right, in 1862. The Pleasant Grove and
Centre congregations began worshiping together in this building in 1959. In 1962 the united congregation, now Centre
Grove United Methodist Church, moved into its new building on Village Road in
the south end of Hyde.
Final disposition:
The church building has been razed, but the
cemetery remains. The church site is
marked by a stone monument with a plaque.
Centre Hill ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Chester Hill UB
[no picture]
Location:
Municipality: borough of Chester Hill
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
The borough of Chester Hill is the
populated area adjacent to Phillipsburg (which is in Centre County) which lies
in Clearfield County.
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Eden ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Egypt ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Faunce Union ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Gillingham ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1970,93
– discontinued
1971,185 – sold to the
Cemetery Association
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Grahamton ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Hawk Run ME
[no picture]
Location: 4th Street, village of Hawk Run
Municipality: Morris township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
The church stood on the southeast
corner of Fourth and Telcott
Streets.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
After the new stone church in Morrisdale was
completed in 1936, this frame building was determined to be unnecessary. The church was closed in 1938 and the
building sold to a Lesko family, who razed the
structure.
Final disposition:
A private
home has been erected on the property.
Houtzdale MP
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Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Karthaus ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Keeaydin ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Klyertown ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Marysville ME
[no picture]
Location:
Municipality: Boggs township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Brief History:
Marysville is included in
the 1877-92 records of the Wallaceton charge – which
included Oak Grove, Wallaceton, Hunters, Bradford,
Sylvan Grove in Cooper township, Marysville and Blue
Ball [West Decatur].
Final disposition:
Mount Hope UB
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Mount Zion ME
Location: Martin Street Extended
Municipality: Lawrence township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Clearfield, go 3 miles west on
US 322 to Mt. Zion Road. Go south on Mt.
Zion road 2 miles to the sharp turn to the east. The road has become Martin Street
Extended. Go ˝ mile to the curve to the
right. The cemetery is on the left,
behind the house on what used to be the school property. The school where the class met (pictured
above on the left) is a private home on Martin Street Extended, but the
cemetery the class owned (pictured above on the right) is behind the school and
not visible from the road. Martin Street
originates in Clearfield at West End UMC, heading off to the northwest.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Journal references:
Brief History:
The 7/25/1901 Christian
Advocate, page 1186, reports
the organization of “Mount Zion, a new appointment on West Clearfield
circuit.” In 1901, that circuit
consisted of Centre, Clearfield West Side, Mount Joy and Mount Zion. In 1903 Pleasant Grove was added. In 1904 the charge was split, with Mount Joy
attached to West Clearfield and Centre, Mount Zion and Pleasant Grove becoming
Hyde City circuit – which was renamed Clearfield circuit in 1907. The last specific mention of Mount Zion is in
the 1910 report of missionary giving. In
1914 the Clearfield and Sandy Ridge circuits were combined. In the first official comprehensive listing
of preaching appointments in 1915, Mount Zion does not appear. While the Mount Zion ME Church was deeded a
cemetery in 1906, the appointment apparently met in the adjacent school house
and never owned a church building; the journal records for the period indicate
the charge had 3 Sunday Schools but only 2 church buildings (Centre and
Pleasant Grove – which united in 1960 to form the present Centre Grove UM
Church).
Final disposition:
The Mount
Zion cemetery remains.
Munson ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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New Castle UB
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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New Millport ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Oak Hill ME
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Old Bradford UB
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Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Pleasant Grove ME
Location: Schoolhouse Road
Municipality: Pike township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Hyde, go 2 miles on Village Road (past Center
Grove UMC) to the T. Turn left and go
0.2 miles to the where the main road makes a sharp bend to the right. Go straight onto the secondary road. Go 0.1 miles.
The site is on the left. The
church stood south of the existing mobile home, on the level gravel area now
used for driveway/parking purposes.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
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Brief History:
This class met in a schoolhouse, then
situated across the road, until determining to erect their own structure. The brick and cinderblock building was
completed in 1904, but never enjoyed modern conveniences. The Pleasant Grove and Centre congregations
merged in 1959 and began worshiping together in the Centre building, which was
also without modern conveniences. In
1962 the united congregation, now Centre Grove United Methodist Church, moved
into its new building on Village Road in the south end of Hyde.
Final disposition:
The church building was dismantled in 1965. A small house was later erected at the site,
perhaps even using the same foundation.
The house was removed about 2000, and the site is now a level, gravel
access/parking area for the mobile home.
Pleasant Hill UB
Address:
Municipality: Cooper township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Final disposition:
The property was conveyed
to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association for $1.00 in 2010.
Pottersdale ME
Location:
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County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Smoke Run ME
Location: 6044 Cross Roads Boulevard
Municipality: Gulich township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Ramey go 1 mile west
on PA 453 [or from Madera go 2 miles south on PA 453] to the 90° bend in PA
453. At the bend, Cross Roads Boulevard
goes off from PA 453 to the south west.
Go 0.5 miles on Cross Roads Boulevard.
The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
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Stoneville ME
[no picture]
Location: erstwhile village of Stoneville, southeast of
Clearfield – west of PA 153 and north of Old Erie Pike
Municipality: Boggs township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Stoneville is an old lumbering village that no longer
exists. From Houtzdale, go 11 miles
north on PA 153. PA 153 turns west
(“triangle” intersection) onto Old Erie Pike for ˝ mile and then turns north
(“triangle” intersection) again. When PA 153 turns north, continue west on Old Erie Pike for 1 mile
to Stoneville Road. Go north on
Stoneville Road for ˝ mile. The cemetery
is on the right. The exact location of
the church building is not known, and it may not have been by the cemetery.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1911,64
– listed among the uninsured church buildings
1914,71 – repairs made
costing $150
Brief History:
Stoneville was part of the four-point Woodland
charge consisting of Dales, Palestine Stoneville and Woodland. The village was named for Alexander Stone,
proprietor of the Stoneville hotel, and husband of Mary Kephart
– first cousin to Henry Kephart, father of the 4
prominent United Brethren ministerial Kephart
brothers.
Final disposition:
The entire village is gone. Only the cemetery remains.
Surveyor ME
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Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Slyvan Grove ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Wallaceton UB
[no picture]
Location:
Municipality: borough of Wallaceton
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of
the United Brethren Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
Erected in 1871, this was the first church building
in the borough. The congregation did not prosper, and by 1887
the building had been sold and was being used as a school.
Final disposition:
Winburne ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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Woodland Main Street ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
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