CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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BLAIR COUNTY PA
1. Altoona Asbury United Methodist Church
Address: Grandview Road at Asbury Lane
Municipality: Antis township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Grandview Road
is the "back road" [west of the railroad tracks] from Altoona to
Bellwood. The church is at the Logan-Antis township line. The
nearest community is Homer Gap.
Historic Conference:
Central
Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This is one of the oldest Methodist
preaching appointments in Blair County and was established before the existence
of Altoona or any other major villages in the area. The church property
was deeded to the Methodists bgy William Ake in 1840, and there has been regular Methodist preaching
at the site ever since. The original frame structure followed the custom
of the day and had two doors, one for each gender, with a partition separating
the men's and women's pews. This seating arrangement was practiced until
the erection of the present brick building in 1893. The church property
also includes the picnic pavilion and large open field across the road.
2. Altoona Broad Avenue United Methodist Church
Address: 850 29th Street
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Broad Avenue is the main north-south street in southwest Altoona. The church building
is on the northeast corner of Broad Avenue and 29th Street.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The Methodist work in this section
of Altoona began in 1892 as a mission outreach of First Church and was known as
the Epworth Mission. The congregation
met in various school houses and building until erecting a structure at the
present site at taking the name Broad Avenue in 1911. The original
building was replaced by the present structure in 1928. William Wallace Breckbill,
pastor at Broad Avenue 1939-1945, was one of the 1946 founders of the
Evangelical Methodist denomination.
Followers of Rev. Breckbill left Broad Avenue
and established the nearby Evangelical Methodist Church at 2901 Oak Avenue.
3. Altoona Christ Community United Methodist Church
Address: 5715 Roselawn
Avenue
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The church is in the south end of
Altoona, one block east of the main north-south street, which is 6th Avenue [PA 764]. The church building
is on the northeast corner of 58th Street & Roselawn
Avenue.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This congregation was historically
known as Fifty-Eighth Street Methodist Church. It grew out of a Sunday School for young boys in the Eldorado and Roselawn sections of Altoona. The school met in a
private home before moving to the Eldorado schoolhouse and holding classes for
all ages and genders. The members of this Union Sunday School conducted a
religious preference survey in the area and found the most support for the
Methodist Episcopal denomination. Ground was broken for a church building
on land purchased by the Altoona Evangelistic Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and the original structure was completed in 1916. In
1959 the educational building was added and the original sanctuary was
completely re-oriented. The name Christ Community was adopted in 2007
when Schum Memorial united with Fifty-Eighth Street.
4. Altoona East End United Methodist Church
Address: 405 E. Hudson Avenue
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The church is
in the northeast section of Altoona. Hudson Avenue is three blocks east
of Walton Avenue [PA 764], the main north-south street
in northeast Altoona.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
In the United Brethren denomination this
congregation was known as Altoona Third. It had its beginnings when two
women from Altoona Second [now Second Avenue] canvassed the East End community
in 1895 the interest of a Sunday School.
Sessions were held in a school house, the ministry prospered, and the present
church building was completed in 1906.
5. Altoona Fairview United Methodist Church
Address: 2214 5th Street
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The Fairview section of Altoona is
west of the main railroad tracks, behind the Altoona Hospital. Seventh
Street (westbound) and Eighth Street (eastbound) are
the arteries that cross the main railroad tracks. Once in the western
section of Altoona, Fourth Street is an east-west through street that can be
taken to 22nd Avenue. The church building is on the northeast corner of
5th Street and 22nd Avenue.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
In 1888 Methodists living in the
Fairview section of Altoona attended class meetings and a Union Sunday School
in a nearby hall, but they had to travel downtown to attend worship
services. A building committee was formed, and a frame church was erected
in 1890 on land donated by William Swartz. The present structure replaced
the original building in 1922. Charles Chester Cole (1890-1984) and
Judith [DeStefano] Coleman (1942-2005) are
ministerial products of this congregation.
6. Altoona Greenwood United Methodist Church
Address: 1505 East Walton Avenue
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The church is
at the northeast corner of the city limits. At the north end of Altoona,
Walton Avenue is PA 764, the main north-south routes through the city.
The church is at the intersection of PA 764 with business US 220.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
This is the
successor to the frame Sandy Run Church erected by the United Brethren about
1860 on the other side of old US 220. In 1897 the congregation erected a
brick church at the present location that became known as the Greenwood
Church. The present building was dedicated September 12, 1926, and the
educational unit was added in 1967
7. Altoona Jaggard First United Methodist Church
Address: 1801 Pleasant Valley Boulevard
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Pleasant Valley
Boulevard is the southbound lanes of business US 220, the main north-south
highway skirting the city of Altoona on the east.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History: This congregation owes its
existence to the Altoona Evangelization Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Minutes of the Society indicate the following:
October 17, 1921 ― the Society
was investigating the advisability of locating a church in Pleasant Valley.
October 24, 1924 ― a committee was
authorized to purchase lots in Pleasant Valley.
May 25, 1925 ― action was taken to
locate the new church building at 17th Street and Pleasant Valley Boulevard
October 27, 1925 ― the church building
was to be named the "Mrs. Annie Jaggard Memorial
Chapel" for the mother of benefactor Mrs. C.E. Pugh.
The building was dedicated November 13, 1927, and the
education unit was added in 1964.
In 2011 this congregation
received the remaining members of Altoona First and was re-named Jaggard First.
8. Altoona Juniata United Methodist Church
Address: 808 N. Fourth Street,
Altoona 16601
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
This church is in the Juniata
section of Altoona west of the main railroad tracks, north of the Altoona
Hospital. Seventh Street (westbound) and Eighth Street (eastbound) are the arteries that cross the main railroad tracks.
Once in the western section of Altoona, proceed north on Chestnut Avenue.
The numbered cross streets decrease to 1st Street and then begin again with
"North" in the Juniata section of Altoona ―
and Chestnut Street becomes North 4th Avenue, the avenue numbers increasing
toward the west. In brief, the "North" in front of a street or
avenue indicates the Juniata section of Altoona. The church building is
on the corner of North 4th Street and North 8th Avenue.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
Both the
Juniata section of Altoona and the Methodist work here have
an involved history. The area was variously known as Kipple
(after the post office), Bellview (after the
community) and Juniata until the latter name was formally adopted in
1893. The congregation presently worships in its fifth sanctuary.
The first structure, a small frame building known as the Bellview
Church, was erected at the corner of 5th Avenue and 7th Street in 1890.
In 1896 a new structure was erected on the rear portion of that same lot.
On January 18, 1903, the congregation marched from their old sanctuary at the
rear of 5th Avenue and 7th Street to a new edifice erected at 5th Avenue and
7th Street. On November 13, 1927, the congregation marched again ― this time from the old location at 6th Avenue and 6th
Street to the then new structure (presently the Sunday School
area) at 8th Avenue and 4th Street. The present
sanctuary, phase two of the long range building plans,
was erected in 1961.
Historically, the congregation
after 1893 was known as the First Methodist Church of Juniata. When
Juniata became part of the city of Altoona, the congregation became known as Gethsemane
Methodist Church of Altoona. In 2004 the three United Methodist
congregations in the Juniata section (Gethsemane and Otterbein and Wesley)
became a single congregation using the Gethsemane building and took the name
Juniata United Methodist Church.
9. Altoona Lakemont United Methodist Church
Address: 340 Lotz
Avenue
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Lakemont
is the southeast section of Altoona, along Logan Boulevard [PA 36]. Lotz Avenue runs parallel to and one block east of PA
36. Turn east on Focht Street (the second
street south of US 220 and the Lakemont Park) and go
one block to Lotz Avenue. The church is to the
left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
By 1910 many
Methodist families had moved into the growing Lakemont
community and it appeared prudent to begin a congregation there. First
Sunday School and then preaching services (led by lay
men, local pastors, and the pastor of Broad Avenue) were held in various
locations. A congregation of 32 members was formally organized February
11, 1912, and a new building was dedicated two years later on February 22,
1914. Over the years Lakemont has been served
as follows
1912-17 3-point charge with Broad Avenue and Llyswen
1917-23 2-point charge with Fifty-Eighth Street
1923-29 station appointment
1929-34 2-point charge with Jaggard
Memorial
1934-42 3-point charge with Asbury and Juniata Wesley
1942-71 station appointment (including Frankstown
1966-79)
since 1971 2-point charge with Garden Heights
10. Altoona Llyswen United Methodist Church
Address: 308 Coleridge Avenue
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The church is in the Llyswen section of Altoona. Coleridge Avenue runs
parallel to and one block west of Logan Boulevard. From the major the
intersection where Pleasant Valley Boulevard changes to Plank Road and PA 36
changes to Logan Boulevard, proceed 3 blocks into Altoona on Logan Boulevard,
turn left onto Whittier Avenue, go one block to Coleridge Avenue, turn
left. The church is on the corner of Coleridge and Halleck Place (which
does not intersect Logan Boulevard).
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
Methodism in Llyswen
dates from the winter of 1905-06, when Mrs. Lucy J. Olewine
(widow of Central Pennsylvania Conference pastor John Wesley Olewine) suggested the possibility of holding services in
the neighborhood. She asked her pastor from Fifty-Eighth Street to preach
occasionally in Llyswen, and the first services were
held in the Olewine home with an attendance of about
9. As the numbers grew, other buildings were secured for regular Sunday School and preaching services. When a quick move from
one meeting place was necessary, a small chapel was erected in 1907 in one
week's time. Various city pastors supplied Llyswen
on Sunday afternoons until the appointment was formally added to the Broad
Avenue charge in 1909. A congregation was formed July 11, 1909, and in
1915 permission was granted to remove the small chapel and erect a more
permanent building. The present structure was dedicated February 20,
1916.
11. Altoona Mardorf United Methodist Church
Address: Juniata Gap Road
Municipality: Logan township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Go 3 miles west of Altoona on
Juniata Gap Road. Juniata Gap Road exits Altoona from the Wehnwood section of the city and passes the Penn State
Altoona Campus.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The original church was a white
frame building adjacent to the road and about 200 yards west of the present
structure. It was erected as the Christian and Mission Alliance Church of
Juniata Gap in 1898 and sold to become the Methodist Episcopal Church of Logan
Township in 1900. The work was originally supplied by city pastors and
local preachers, and not as an official appointment of the conference.
The land on which the present structure stands was given by B.V. Plack, who asked that the church take the name Mardorf – the maiden name of his grandmother. The
present church was dedicated December 18, 1927, with major additions dedicated
in 1971 and 1987.
12. Altoona Second Avenue United Methodist Church
Address: 130 Second Avenue
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Second Avenue runs north-south, a
few blocks east of the main north-south [PA 764] routes through Altoona, which are
7th Avenue (south bound) and 6th Avenue (north bound). The church is in
the north end of town at the northwest corner of Second Avenue and 2nd Street.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
Originally
named Second United Brethren Church, this is a
daughter congregation of the former First United Brethren Church (which stood
at 8th Avenue and 12th Street, was re-named Trinity United Methodist in 1968,
and merged into Second Avenue in 1996). The congregation continued the
pattern when they later gave birth to Third United Brethren Church (now East
End United Methodist). Their first building was erected in 1888 on Fifth
Avenue, between Second and Third Streets. The present structure was dedicated
September 4, 1927, as Second Avenue United Brethren Church. In 1955, an
impressive 6 feet 4 inches tall wood carving "The Kristus"
was placed in niche behind the altar ― making
it one of the first churches in the United Methodist tradition to have such a
figure in the chancel.
13. Altoona Simpson United Methodist Church
Address: 2216 6th Avenue
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Sixth Avenue forms the northbound
lanes of the main north-south route [PA 764] through Altoona. The church property
extends on the west side of Sixth Avenue from 22nd Street to 23rd Street.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The year was 1872, and the only
Methodist church in the area was over a mile away at Eighth Avenue and 13th
Street. Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church began one block west of its
present location, in the Seventh Avenue home of Mrs. Susannah W. Chatams ― a gifted woman
concerned about the children and unchurched adults in
the neighborhood. A Sunday School was organized
in May of that year, and by October the crowds were so large that property was
secured and a chapel erected at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 24th
Street. A brick sanctuary was erected at the northwest corner of Sixth
Avenue and 23rd Street in 1888, and replaced by a larger building of
Hummelstown brownstone in 1905. A large Christian education building
extending along Sixth Avenue was completed in 1957. In 1982, after 11
years of cooperative ministry and dialogue, the congregations of Simpson United
Methodist Church and the adjacent Temple Lutheran Church formally merged into a
united parish. The following year plans were begun to raze the
deteriorating Simpson sanctuary, but to use the 1957 education building for the
united congregation. As part of that decision, an
symbolic of the cooperation of the two congregations, the Simpson (installed
1914) and Temple (installed 1927) organs were combined into a single organ of
38 ranks, or 2,220 pipes. The picture above shows the empty lot that once
housed the Simpson building, the Simpson education building, and the rear of
the Temple sanctuary in which the Simpson-Temple congregation new worships.
14. Altoona Wehnwood United Methodist Church
Address: 2511 Juniata Gap Road
Municipality: city of Altoona
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The church is in the Wehnwood section of Altoona. Juniata Gap Road is the
main road going west from the north end of Altoona. It effectively
divides the original old Altoona from the Juniata section of Altoona and
proceeds past the Penn State Altoona Campus. The church is on Juniata Gap
Road at 25th Avenue.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
This congregation is the result of
investigations begun by the Allegheny Conference Church Extension Society in
1925. Services were first held in the Logan township fire hall, then located along Juniata Gap Road, by the pastor of the
Otterbein United Brethren Church in Juniata. In 1927 a pastor was
appointed to the Wehnwood and Garden Heights
missions. In 1928 a sectional chapel that had been used in Juniata was
erected on lots secured on Juniata Gap Road between 25th and 26th
Avenues. The chapel was dedicated February 5, 1928, at which time a
congregation of 104 charter members was organized. The present church was
erected on the site in 1963, and the sectional chapel was relocated to become
an annex at Schum Memorial.
15. Bald Eagle United Methodist Church
Address: Old Philipsburg Road
Municipality: Snyder township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From the intersection of
PA 350 and Eagle Valley Road [old US 200], go one block north on Eagle Valley
Road to Old Philipsburg Road. Go west
100 yards on Old Philipsburg Road. The
church is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
Methodists began regular
meetings in the area in 1857. In 1862,
ground was secure for the construction of a church and the establishment of a
cemetery. The original structure was
destroyed by fire on August 28, 1949, and services were held in the Grange Hall
until the present facility was completed in 1953. The Christian education addition was
completed in 1962. The bell tower was
added in 1971, the bell coming from the former Methodist church building in
Centre Hall.
16. Bellwood Calvary United Methodist Church
Address: 601 N. Fourth Street, Bellwood 16617
Municipality: borough of Bellwood
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Cross [on PA 865] the
bridge over the railroad tracks to the west side of town and go 4 blocks. The church is on the southeast corner of PA
865 [Tuckahoe Street] and Fourth Street.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
This congregation began in the Antis
United Brethren building, erected in the present Antis Cemetery south of town
in 1832. The structure at the present
site was erected 1891/92 and used some materials from the Antis Church. Substantial improvements were made to the
structure over the years. In 1952, the
Grace Evangelical congregation merged into Calvary, and the educational annex
was dedicated in 1953.
17. Bellwood Trinity United Methodist Church
Address: 533 Main Street, Bellwood 16617
Municipality: borough of Bellwood
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Enter Bellwood from the
east on PA 865. Main Street is the last
street before crossing over the railroad tracks to the west side of town. The church is 2 blocks south on Main Street,
on the southeast corner of Tuckahoe and Main Streets.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This class was organized February 23,
1844, with eight charter members meeting at the Antis school house. On January 2, 1869, a frame church was
dedicated where the parsonage now stands.
The present stone structure was dedicated May 23, 1897.
18. Canoe Creek United Methodist Church
Address: US Route 22, Canoe Creek
Municipality: Frankstown township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From Hollidaysburg, go 7
miles east on US 22. The church is on
the south side of the highway.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The 1889 journal, page 60,
report that “At Canoe Creek, Duncansville circuit, a plain, comfortable church has
been furnished at a cost of $800, and was dedicated free of debt.” The 1898 conference statistics list it as an
appointment on the McKee’s Gap charge.
In 1970 the congregation received the members of the former Canoe Creek
EUB church, which is now a bat sanctuary.
19. Claysburg United Methodist Church
Address: Bedford Street, town of Claysburg
Municipality: Greenfield township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The village of Claysburg
is on the original US 220, which is called Bedford Street in the village. The church is on the east side of the street,
near the center of town, next to the Post Office.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
Claysburg area Methodists
originally worshiped at Sarah Furnace.
In 1879 the appointment was moved to the village of Claysburg, where the
congregation worshiped in the Odd Fellows Hall until erecting the current
building was erected in 1917. The
Claysburg, Queen and Weyant churches have been
together on a charge since 1933.
20. Cove Forge United Methodist Church
Address: Covedale
Road
Municipality: Catherine township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
The community of Cove
Forge is 2 miles northeast of Williamsburg.
Leave central Williamsburg on East First Street., and turn left at the T
with Locust Street. Locust Street becomes
Covedale Road.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
In 1868 the Cove Forge class began
erecting a house of worship on land donated by John Royer at the mouth of
Clover Creek. The building was dedicated
January 3, 1869. Over the years the
building has been flooded and remodeled as follows.
1889 –
flooded
1924 –
building raised and basement added
1936 –
flooded, congregation worships in Clover Creek school house for six weeks
1954 – Sunday
School room added
1963 – basement placed under Sunday School room
1972 – flooded, building raised 5’4” and a whole new basement put in
1976 – belfry and bell added
21. Duncansville Hicks Memorial United Methodist Church
Address: 1201 Third Avenue
Municipality: borough of Duncansville
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Third Avenue is US
22. The church is on the south side of
the highway, opposite of where 12th Street goes off to the north.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This society was organized in the 1850’s
and erected their first building in 1868.
That structure is still standing just east of the present complex and is
now a print shop. The present building
was dedicated November 26, 1916, and financed by Captain Slfred
Hicks of Pittsburgh as a memorial to his parents, who had been charter members
of the society. The matching adjacent
[former][ parsonage was dedicated in 1919. In 1986 a new parsonage was purchased and the
house beside the church remodeled into office and classroom space
22. East Freedom United
Methodist Church
Address: Everett Road, town of East Freedom
Municipality: Freedom township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Everett Road is the original US 220. Freedom Street is the east-west road that is
PA 164 leaving town heading to the west and is the road through the gap to
McKee heading to the east. The church is
on the southeast corner of Everett Road and Freedom Street.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
The original house of worship at this site
was erected by the Methodists in 1845.
When the Methodists erected a building in McKee in 1879, this
appointment and congregation transferred to that location, and the building was
sold to the United Brethren.
23. Grazierville United Methodist Church
Address: Grazierville
Road, town of Grazierville
Municipality: Snyder township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Grazierville is on Pleasant Valley
Boulevard [old US 220], 1 mile south of Tyrone.
Leave Tyrone on Washington Avenue [which becomes Pleasant Valley
Boulevard] and go 1 mile to Grazierville Road. Go west 1 one block. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
When the conference began reporting
detailed charge statistics in the 1890’s Grazierville
was on the Birmingham charge with Birmingham, Ironsville
and Spruce Creek.
24. Hollidaysburg First United Methodist Church
Address: 801 Allegheny Street
Municipality: borough of Hollidaysburg
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From the intersection of
US 22 and PA 36, go 3 blocks north on PA 36 to Allegheny Street. Go 2 blocks east on Allegheny Street. The church is on the left, on the northeast
corner of Allegheny and Jones Streets.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The first Methodist sermon is reported to
have been preached in Hollidaysburg in 1785.
The first church building was erected in 1833 on Walnut Street, near
Front. In 1851 a second building, which
later became the Armory, was erected “nearly on the site of the first
structure.” The building at 402
Allegheny Street, on the southeast corner of Allegheny and Wayne Streets, was
erected in 1883 and used until the present building was occupied in 1981 – at
which time the Frankstown congregation united with
Hollidaysburg. A 1997 addition that
doubled the educational space produced the present complex.
25. McKee United Methodist Church
Address: Back Street, village of McKee
Municipality: Freedom township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From Roaring Spring, go 2 miles north on
PA 36 to Freedom Street [just north of the railroad tracks]. Turn west onto Freedom Street, and then
immediately bear right onto Irvin Street.
Go 2 blocks to Back Street. Turn
left onto Back Street and go one block.
The church is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This building was erected
in 1879. The schoolhouse next door was
purchased in 1933 and is used for educational and social purposes. The church has been part of the following
charges:
1879-1894 Duncansville
1894-1919 Frankstown
1919-1973 Claysburg
1973-2007 Roaring Spring
2007- East Freedom
26. Mines United Methodist Church
Address: Mines Road, village of Oreminea
Municipality: Huston township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From Williamsburg. Go 8
miles south on PA 866 to the village of Clappertown. Turn east onto Mines Road and go 2
miles. The church is on the right, 200
yards before the intersection with Royer Road.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The first Methodist Episcopal church building at Mines was built and dedicated in
1882. In 1930, a kerosene lamp ignited a
fire that destroyed both the building and its contents. The present structure was erected on the same
site in 1931.
27. Mount Moriah United Methodist Church
Address: PA 164, west of Blue Knob
Municipality: Juniata township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From East Freedom PA on old US 220, go 9
miles west on PA 164. The church is on
the right, 1 mile past the crossroads at Blue Knob.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
The first church building at this
site was erected in 1885 and destroyed by lightning in 1951. A larger structure was erected at the same
location and dedicated in 1955 with a membership of over 100, but it too was
destroyed by fire in 1973 – one of several fires set simultaneously in the Blue
Knob area by an arsonist. The present modern
structure was dedicated June 2, 1974.
28. Pinecroft United Methodist Church
Address: Forshey
Street, village of Pinecroft
Municipality: Antis township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From Bellwood, go south on
Main Street 3 miles to the village of Pinecroft. Forshey Street is a
minor street, the first street to the right, 200 yards past Lower Riggles Gap Road, a major road to the right. Turn right onto Forshey
Street and go 100 yards. The church is
on the left, not visible until you are in front of it.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Evangelical Church
Brief History:
The work in Pinecroft
began when the 1896 annual session of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the United Evangelical Church passed a resolution “that Altoona and adjacent
territory be taken up as a mission to be supplied as soon as practicable.” In 1897 a preacher was appointed to reside at
Bellwood, where there were 12 Evangelical members committed to forming a
congregation, and to preach at Altoona, Bellwood and Pinecroft.
29. Roaring Spring Trinity United Methodist Church
Address: 430 E. Main Street
Municipality: borough of Roaring Spring
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
East Main Street intersects PA 36
east of Roaring Spring at the intersection where PA 164 goes east to
Martinsburg. At the intersection of PA
164 and PA 36, go west on East Main Street into Roaring Spring for ½ mile to Spang Street. The
church is straight ahead at the corner of Spang and
East Main Streets. Note: at this point
East Main Street becomes one way going west and West Main Street is a separate
street one block south that is one way heading west. At the west end of Town, East Main Street and
West Main Street rejoin to become the two-way West Main Street.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
Methodism in Roaring
Spring dates from 1802. The class met in
homes until erecting a building, the town’s first house of worship, in
1867. This project was directed by Rev.
John A.J. Williams (1833-1909), a Methodist minister by calling and a carpenter
by trade. This building is on the south
side of West Main Street, on the hill by the bend in the street, and now serves
as the Mennonite meeting house.
The present sanctuary was dedicated
in 1898, and the education unit was added in 1961.
30. Royer United Methodist Church
Address: Royer Road, village of Royer
Municipality: Woodbury township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From Williamsburg, go 6 miles south on PA 866
to Royer Road. Turn east onto Royer Road
and go 100 yards. The church is on the
right.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This community, and the church, was
once known as Springfield Furnace. The congregation
is the outgrowth of a Sunday School held in a small
house beginning in 1825. In 1836 the
Sunday School moved to a school house that stood on
the triangular piece of ground opposite the present church building. The congregation erected its own place of worship
in 1872. In 1978 a fire destroyed the interior
of the building, and the necessary repairs resulted in a more modern sanctuary. In the late 1980’s, a new basement was dug
under the church and a kitchen area, rest rooms and social hall were built.
31. Tipton United Methodist Church
Address: Tipton Road, village of Tipton
Municipality: Antis township
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From Tyrone, go 3 miles
south on the old US 220 to Titpon Road, just north of
Delgrosso’s Amusement Park. Turn west and go 1 mile. The church is on the right, at the corner of
Tipton Road and Spruce Street, which is the 2nd street on the
righter after crossing the railroad tracks.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This congregation has always been served
in connection with the appointment at Bellwood.
The building was erected in 1880.
32. Tyrone Christ United Methodist Church
Address: 1359 Pennsylvania Avenue
Municipality: borough of Tyrone
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Pennsylvania Avenue is the old US
220, the main north-south route through Tyrone.
The church is in the northern end of town on the southwest corner of
Pennsylvania Avenue and & 14th Street.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Brief History:
The congregation’s first
building was a two-story frame structure erected on Railroad Street, later
named Spring Street, in 1855. Today the
site is the southeast corner of Washington Avenue and Twelfth Street [across
from the original Methodist Episcopal Church, which stood on the southwest
corner]. The sanctuary at the present
site was erected in 1914 and has undergone significant improvements and enlarging
over the years, including the addition of the educational unit in 1931. It is reported that the congregation erected
and occupied for a few years a two-story brick building on Pennsylvania Avenue
prior to the building of the 1914 structure, but no formal documentation of
this is known to have survived.
33. Tyrone Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
Address: 1650 Clay Avenue
Municipality: borough of Tyrone
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Clay Avenue is a north-south
street in the northwest part of Tyrone.
From the old US 220, go west on PA 453.
PA 453 leaves Pennsylvania Avenue (old US 220 in the north end of Tyrone
on 14th Street, and then makes a jog to the north and becomes 15th
Street. Clay Street crosses 15th
Street 5 blocks west of the jog in PA 453.
Turn north on Clay Street and go 3 blocks. The church is straight ahead.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
This congregation began as an outreach of First (now
Wesley Church) into the community then known as East Tyrone. A small chapel was erected in 1871 on the
hill along what is now 21st Street.
This church was known as the East Tyrone or the Tyrone Second Methodist
Episcopal Church.
In 1891 the congregation relocated
to Columbia Avenue and 18th Street and became known as the Columbia
Avenue ME Church. In 1917 the building
was considerably remodeled and enlarged.
Another major remodeling occurred in 1939.
In 1972 the congregation relocated
to its present location on Clay Avenue and adopted the name Church of the Good
Shepherd, commonly referred to as Good Shepherd UMC.
34. Tyrone Wesley United Methodist Church
Address: 1200 Logan Avenue
Municipality: borough of Tyrone
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
Logan Avenue is a north-south street in the northern end of Tyrone, one block west
of Pennsylvania Avenue, the old US 220.
The church is on the northeast corner of Logan Avenue and 12th
Street.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The first Methodist sermon and class
meeting in Tyrone was held in 1852. The
first Methodist church building was erected in 1852 at the corner of Railroad
and Allegheny Streets, now the southwest corner of Washington Avenue and
Twelfth Street [across from the original United Brethren Church, which stood on
the southeast corner].
The congregation relocated to its
present location at Logan Avenue and Twelfth Street in 1885. The educational unit was added in 1927. In 1958 the 1885 sanctuary was condemned and
razed, replaced by the present sanctuary and improvements to the educational
unit in 1964.
35. Williamsburg First United Methodist Church
Address: 431 W. Second Street
Municipality: borough of Williamsburg
County: Blair County
State: PA
Directions:
From Hollidaysburg, go 9
miles east on US 22, one mile past Canoe Creek, to PA 866. Turn south on PA 866 and go 4 miles to
Williamsburg. PA 866 enters Williamsburg
on First Street. Second Street is one
block south. Turn South onto Plum Street
(on block before PA 866 turns to the right onto High Street) and go one
block. The church is on the corner of
Second and Plum Streets.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Brief History:
The first Methodist circuit rider is
supposed to have preached in Williamsburg as early as 1792. The first land specifically deeded to the
Methodists, in 1812, was on the west side of High Street opposite the
spring. Tradition says a brick church
was erected that was also available to other denominations.
In 1831 the Methodists erected a
church on West Second Street, which served the congregation until the present property
was purchased in 1852. The educational
unit was added in 1951. At this time the
old sanctuary was razed and the congregation worshiped in the educational unit
until the present sanctuary was completed in 1952.