CLOSED CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESE

CLOSED CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE

SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

The information for each church is arranged in alphabetical order within counties. Select a county.

HUNTINGDON COUNTY PA

1. Asbury ME

Description: Description: Description: asbury

Location: PA 944, village of Eagle Foundry
Municipality: Todd township
County: Huntingdon
State: PA

Directions:
From Huntingdon, go 17 miles south on PA 26 to PA 944. Go 10 miles east on PA 944. The church is on the right.

Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     1883,47 – building erected
     1989,252 – sold

Brief History:
    A 40x44 brick building was erected by the Methodists at this site in 1852, replacing a log building erected at nearby Mount Pleasant in the early 18800’s. The 1852 building was replaced in 1883 by this more “modern” 30x40 brick structure.

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2. Barree ME

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Location: village of Barree
Municipality: Porter township
County: Huntingdon
State: PA

Directions:
The village of Alexandria is off US 22, 7 miles west of Huntingdon. From the village of Alexandria, go west on Main Street to the end of town. Turn north on Barree Road and go 3 miles to the village of Barree. Proceed to the end of the village, where Barree Raod makes a left turn to cross the river. Turn right just before the left turn to cross the river, and go 1 block. The church is on the right.

Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Brief History:
Regular Methodist meetings appear to have been held in the village dating from the Civil War period. The church building was erected in 1889 and officially named the Elizabeth Watson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. The congregation was alays in a charge with Alexandria and/or Petersburg. On July 1, 2006, the congregation united with Alexandria to form Hope UMC, meeting in the Alexandria building.

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3. Birmingham ME

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Location: Furnace Street
Municipality: borough of Birmingham
County: Huntingdon
State: PA

Directions:
From Tyrone, go 3 miles east on PA 453. The village of Birmingham is up on a hill to the left. Go up the hill on Tyrone Street to the first cross street, which is Market Street. Turn left on Market Street and go 2 blocks to Furnace Street. Turn right on Furnace Street and go 2 blocks. The church is on the left.

Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Brief History:
Birmingham was once the major community in the region. There was a Birmingham District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a Birmingham circuit that included the entire Altoona-Tyrone area. Methodist meetings were held in Birmingham soon after the building of the stone school house in 1818. A class was organized about 1830, and the first building was erected in 1833 on the southwest corner of the present lot. The present structure was dedicated in 1873.

Final disposition:
The church building was supposedly sold to the Grier School about 1970 and is used for storage. The ownership of the surrounding cemetery was unclear for many years, but since 2004 has been the property and responsibility of the Birmingham Cemetery Association.

4. Birmingham UB

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Location: Furnace Street
Municipality: borough of Birmingham.
County: Huntingdon
State: PA

Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren in Christ

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Brief History:
This congregation was organized in 1870 by Elias A. Zeek, who later became an ordained traveling minister. The church building was erected in 1871.

Final disposition:
A modern house now occupies the site.

Black Log Valley UB

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Location: Blacklog Valley Road
Municipality: Shirley township or Cromwell township
County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
1895,13 - class formed

Brief History:
Blacklog Valley is an isolated valley 20 miles long, part in Huntingdon County and part in Juniata County, with one entrance at each end. According to the 1895 conference journal, there was a United Brethren class in Blacklog Valley: "One grove meeting was held in Black Log Valley. A new society was formed, and there is a prospect of a new charge." The United Brethren work spread into Blacklog Valley from the west, and is assumed to have occurred in Huntingdon County, in either Shirley township or Cromwell township. There is no evidence that the United Brethren owned any property in connection with this apparently short-lived appointment.

Final disposition:
Unknown.

Bush Chapel ME

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Calvin UB

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Canoe Creek UB

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Cassville MP

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Centre Line UB

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Cromwell UB

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State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
1945,36 - disbanded, permission to sell
1946,126 - sold

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Dungarvin ME

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Entriken ME

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Fairview UB

Description: Description: Description: fairview

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Franklinville ME

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Germany Valley Bethel UB

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Greenwood Furnace ME

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Hare's Valley MP

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NOTE: This is Beech Run Church of the Brethren erected in 1879, not the 1855 Methodist Protestant building.

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Harmony MP

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Final disposition:
This is now a Church of God church building.

Hesston ME

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Hill Valley UB

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Latta Grove UB

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Maddensville Wesley Chapel ME

Description: Description: Description: maddensville

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Marklesburg ME

Description: Description: Description: marklesburg

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Meadow Green MP

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This is now a Mennonite church building.

Monroe ME

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Mooresville ME

Description: Description: Description: morresville

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Mt. Nebo UB

Description: Description: Description: mt.nebo

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Mt. Union UB

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Neelyton ME

Description: Description: Description: neelyton

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Newburg ME

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Oak Grove UB

Description: Description: Description: oak grove

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Pennsylvania Furnace ME

Description: Description: Description: pa furnace

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Robertsdale ME

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Russellville ME

Description: Description: Description: russellville

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Saltillo ME

Description: Description: Description: saltillo

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Saltillo MP

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Seven Stars ME

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Shade Valley Chapel ME

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Sugar Grove UB

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Union ME

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State: PA

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Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Warrior Ridge ME

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

Directions:
The community of Warrior ridge is on a dead end road going sounth from Petersburg along the railroad tracks and the Juniata River

Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
1925,72 - chapel erected

Brief History:
On November 2, 1924, a Community Chapel was dedicated at Warrior Ridge trough the efforts of C.F. Himes, pastor at Petersburg, who enlisted the support of the Penn Central Light and power Company and Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the project. The journal reports that "Pastor Himes shepherds this flock at Warrior Ridge." It is unclear what, if any, ownership the Methodists had in the building.

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Wakefield Chapel ME

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County: Huntingdon
State: PA

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Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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