CLOSED
CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE
SUSQUEHANNA
CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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CLEARFIELD
COUNTY PA
1. Allport UMC
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, ½ south of the
Bigler-Allport cutoff.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Journal references:
1888,53 – church building erected
1988,310&311 – merged
with Centre Hill, Kylertown and Munson to erect the
present Gethsemane United Methodist Church
1990,351 – discontinued
1994,220&350 – abandoned
1995,337 – sold
Brief History:
The first church building in Morris township
was a Union Church built of logs in what is now Allport. The second such structure was a log Methodist
building at Sylvan Grove. The Methodist
building in Allport was erected in 1888, with help from the Board of Church
Extension, at a cost of $1600.
Final disposition:
The property was sold to William I. and Margaret J.
Smeal 17/12/1993 for $10,000. The building has been remodeled into apartments,
with the sanctuary converted into upstairs units.
2. Ansonville ME
Location: Ansonville
Road, village of Ansonville
Municipality: Jordan township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Ansonville is on PA 729, 5.5
miles northwest of Glen Hope. At the
intersection of PA 729 and Ansonville Road, go east
on Ansonville Road about 100 yards. The church stood on the south side of the
road, across from the commercial circular drive.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1891,60 – church building dedicated
1899,48 – Ansonville circuit purchases parsonage in New Millport
1946,31 – abandoned; permission to sell
1947,33 – sold; net proceeds $681.03
[should be $684.03?]
1947,158-159 – sold for $700.00, with
$14.97 expenses
1948,162 – $685.03 proceeds being held in
trust
1949,54 & 1950,183 – proceeds
transferred to Faxon-Kenmar Church, Williamsport
Brief History:
This appointment was on the New Millport
charge. The church building here was dedicated
July 20, 1890, and dissembled in 1946.
The pictured fire pit was constructed using stones from the structure.
Final disposition:
The property was sold for
$700 (1947,159) and the site is now occupied by a private residence.
3. Banian ME
[no picture]
Location: PA 453, community of
Banian
Municipality: Bigler township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Banian Junction is on PA 453 about ½ miles south of
Madera. The railroad bed is still visible,
but the tracks are gone. The exact
location of the church building is unknown
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Journal references:
1913,77 – unused; building torn down and
materials to be used to erect church at Smoke Run
Brief History:
Final disposition:
4. Belsena Mills UMC
Location: community of Belsena
Municipality: Bigler township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Exit Madera
heading west on PA 53 [Main Street]. At
the west end of towm, just after crossing Clearfield
Creek, turn north onto Belsena Road. Go about 2.5 miles on Belsena
Road. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central
Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1984,297 – discontinued
1984,289 – sold
Brief History:
This was erected as a community church and
later transferred to the Central Pennsylvania Conference. Regular preaching ceased about 1976.
Final disposition:
5. Bethel UMC
Location: PA 729, village of
Beccaria
Municipality: Beccaria township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Janesville, go 2 miles west on PA 729 to the
village of Beccaria. The church is on
the right.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1980,A80 – entered closed list
1986,212 – confer with western PA
Conference
1990,351 – entered discontinued list
Brief History:
This church was on the Glen Hope charge,
closed in 1929 with a last reported membership of 9, and is officially within
the boundaries of the Western Pennsylvania Conference. At the time of the 1970 conference
realignments it was being overseen by the Ramey charge and it never entered the
records of the Western Pennsylvania Conference.
For many years an annual homecoming service was held. At their 9/24/1985 meeting, the conference
trustees voted to request that the property be placed back in the Central
Pennsylvania Conference. This is also
known as Bethel Church at Hegarty Crossroads, even though Hegarty Crossroads is
about 1 mile west of the village of Beccaria.
Final disposition:
6. Betz UMC
Location: community of Betz
Municipality: Bigler township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
In Madera,
Spruce Street runs parallel to and two blocks north of PA 53 [Main
Street]. Exit Madera to the northwest on
Spruce Street and go about 2.5 miles.
The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1984,297 – discontinued
1984,289 – sold
Brief History:
The work here began before 1900 with
preachers from the Glen Hope charge. The
appointment met in the school house, which the congregation purchased on
September 5, 1942. In 1950, Betz and Belsano were added to the Houtzdale-Madera parish to make
it a four-point charge. Regular
preaching services here ceased about 1976, although neighbors continued a very
small Sunday School for several more years.
Final disposition:
7. Beulah City David S. Monroe Memorial ME
[no picture]
Location: community of Beulah
Municipality: Bigler township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
The community of Beulah is on the western edge of
Ramey. Where the main road makes a
sweeping curve to the left, proceed straight ahead.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1900,57 – introduced as a new church, David
S. Monroe Memorial Church of the Ramey charge
1911,63 – re-roofed
1915,65 – listed as a preaching appointment
1925,59 – sale authorized, proceeds to
Ramey
Brief History:
The 2/15/1900
Christian Advocate, page 274,
reports: “Beulah City, an appointment on Ramey Circuit, H.A. Straub, pastor,
has a new Methodist church, named in honor of the presiding elder of Altoona
District, David S. Monroe, by his friend, James H. Minds, a prominent coal
operator, who secured a large piece of land for the church and a cemetery. On Sunday afternoon, February 4, the corner stone
of the new structure was laid by Presiding Elder Monroe.” The
1/3/1901 Christian Advocate, page 32,
reports, “Davis S. Monroe Chapel, built by Mr. James H. Minds, at Beulah City,
on Ramey charge, W.W. Reese pastor, was dedicated on Sunday, November 25, by
brother Monroe… who protracts a meeting that begins with encouraging signs.”
Final disposition:
8. Bigler UMC
Address: 319 Bigler road, town of
Bigler.
Municipality: Bradford township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Philipsburg, go 9 miles north on US
322 to the traffic light at Bigler Road.
Turn west on Bigler Road and go 0.5 miles. The church is on the left, in the west end of
town.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Journal references:
2017,143 – discontinued 6/30/2017
Brief History:
The first church at Bigler, a frame
building, was dedicated October 3, 1895.
The brick structure was dedicated May 4, 1924. The brick parsonage to the left of the church
was also erected in 1924, following the sale of the former frame
parsonage. A plaque on the Sunday School
building on the west side of the parking lot reads, “The Westminster Chapel of
the Bigler Evangelical United Brethren Church – formerly the Bigler Presbyterian
Church 1875-1953.” Membership dwindled
and the church closed July 1, 2017.
Final disposition:
The property was sold 11/05/2018 for
$72,500 to Benjamin and Deborah Harding .
The church building now houses the non-denominational Bigler Chapel.
9. Bloomington UMC
Location: PA 453, village of
Bloomington
Municipality: Pike township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
The village of Bloomington is on PA
453, 2 miles south of Curwensville
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1987,350 –
resolution to receive New Millport charge from Western PA Conference
1988,310 – New Millport charge
transferred from Western PA Conference
1996,198 and 1997,199 – merged into
O’Shanter
1997,316 – discontinued
2008,323 – reportedly offered to New
Clearfield Baptist Church in 1997
Brief History:
This church was established by the Central
Pennsylvania Conference in 1868. From 1970
to 1988 the New Millport charge was in the Western Pennsylvania Conference.
Final disposition:
Community
Baptist Church met in the building until acquiring 10 adjoining acres to the
south and erecting a new structure. The
Methodist building still stands on the north end of the Baptist property.
10. 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, ½ mile past Village Road and
before the high school.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
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 buildings 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 Center
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.
11. Centre Hill UMC
Location: Sington Road
Municipality: Graham township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Morrisdale, go north on Deer Creek Road 2.5 miles
to Allport Cutoff Road. Go west on
Allport Cutoff Road 1.5 miles to Centre Hill Road. Go south on Centre Hill Road 0.5 miles to
Sington Road. Go east on Sington Road
100 yards. The site is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1884,55 – church building dedicated
8/5/1883
1988,310&311 – merged with Allport, Kylerton and Munson to form Gethsemane UMC
1990,229&353 – enters abandoned list
Brief History:
Final disposition:
The church has been razed. Only the cemetery remains – which is overseen
by Gethsemane.
12. 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, and was originally the lands of United Brethren pioneer
Valentine Flegal.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
Salem church in Boggs township was erected in
1848 and is the mother church for Wallaceton UB
(erected 1871 – but did not endure and was converted to a school house after a
few years) and Spring Valley UB (erected 1879 and now United Methodist) and
Chester Hill UB congregation (although it is unclear whether the United
Brethren ever erected a building here).
Note: Around 1800, Valentine Flegal purchased
a large tract of land in Decatur Township. Decades later, in 1849, this
original property was purchased by Jacob F. Steiner. Steiner went on to lay out
and establish the town of Chester Hill on the former Flegal farm.
Final disposition:
13. Clearfield Christ UMC
Address: 703 Dorey Street
Municipality: borough of Clearfield
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Dorey Street runs parallel
to and 3 blocks south of US 322 in the eastern part of Clearfield. The street numbers of Dorey Street follow the
usual pattern coordinated with the numbered cross streets and agree with the
street numbers on US 322.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Journal References:
2021,267 – sold 9/14/2020 for $30,000 to
Donald and Nicole Gillingham
Brief History:
This congregation began when United Brethren
families who had moved into East Clearfield from Woodland and Bigler began
meeting in homes. They purchased a lot
and dedicated a chapel on the site 7/22/1894.
In October 1901 the chapel was moved to the rear of the lot, and the
cornerstone for the present building was laid in 1902. The completed structure was dedicated
12/27/1903, and additions were constructed in 1941 and 1951. The congregation voted to close in April
2019.
Final disposition:
14. Eden UMC
Location: Goshen Road
Municipality: Goshen township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Shawville, go east on
PA 879 for 1 mile to Knobs Road. Turn
north onto Knobs Road and go 3 miles.
The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1905,61 – church building at Eden
dedicated summer 1905
1970,93 – discontinued
1971,185 – sold to Cemetery Association
Brief History:
The land was deeded to the congregation in
1902, and that is considered the founding date.
Final disposition:
The
property is now owned by the Eden Cemetery Assoication.
15. Egypt ME
Location: Egypt Road
Municipality: Bradford township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From the interchange, east of Clearfield, of PA 970 and
I-80, go 0.5 miles north to Egypt Road.
Turn east onto Egypt Road and follow Egypt Road east and north for 3
miles. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central
Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1915,66 – Egypt is listed as a school
house appointment
Brief History:
The community of Egypt has two structures
erected as church buildings, one historically Church of Christ and one
historically Christian & Missionary Alliance. The Methodists are believed to have met in
the school house, and so the building pictured above was not likely the
Methodist meeting place.
Final disposition:
16. Fairview UMC
Address: 6159 Deer Creek Road
Municipality: Graham township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Deer Creek Road heads north off PA 53 in
Morrisdale. From Morrisdale, go north 6
miles on Deer Creek Road. The church is
on the left.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren
Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The work here began with a
union church erected in 1848. Later a
new building was erected – and over the years a tower was added to front of the
building and a fellowship hall to the left.
For many years Fairview was on the
Allegheny Conference’s five-point Bigler charge (Bigler, Fairview, Pleasant
Hill, Shiloh, Summit Hill), and after 1958 on the three-point Summit Hill
charge (Fairview, Pleasant Hill, Summit Hill).
On
3/9/2023 the congregation voted 14-1 to disaffiliate from the United Methodist
Church, and that disaffiliation along with 140 others was approved at a
5/17/2023 special session of the Susquehanna Conference.
Final
disposition:
The congregation has continued
to operate as the Fairview Bible Church of Morrisdale.
17. Faunce Union ME
Location: Faunce Road, community of
Faunce
Municipality: Boggs township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Curwensville, go 5 miles south on PA 879 to Mt.
Zion Road. Go east on Mt. Zion Road 1.5
miles to Faunce Road. Bear right onto
Faunce Road and continue east 2 miles.
The church is on the left, soon after crossing over Clearfield Creek.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1915,65 – Faunce is listed as “a church
building rented or leased by us”
Brief History:
Final disposition:
18. Forest Emmanuel UMC
[aka Winburne]
Address: 4064 Winburne Road
Municipality: Cooper township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From the interchange of I-80 and PA 53, go
south on PA 53 0.5 miles to Schoolhouse Lane.
Turn left onto School house Lane and go 0.5 miles to Forest Road. Turn left on Forest Road and go 0.5 miles to
the crossroad with Main Street. Turn
left onto Main Street and go 0.5 miles.
The church is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Pittsburgh Conference of
the Evangelical Association
Journal References:
1997,199 – named changed from Winburne Emmanuel to Forest Emmanuel
2016,147 – discontinued
2017,143 – discontinued 5/30/2016
Brief History:
This church was founded
part of the Evangelical Association prior to 1922 and was served with Rosebud, quite
a distance to the southwest and in territory now within the Western
Pennsylvania Conference.
Final
Disposition:
19. Gazzam ME
[no picture]
Location: Main Street, community of
Gazzam
Municipality: Jordan township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Gazzam is on PA 729, 8 miles south of Lumber
city. It is now a ghost town. The church stood on the east side of Main
Street on lot 56, the first lot north of Little Clearfield Creek.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
Journal references:
1894,48 – church building completed, will
be dedicated in the near future
Brief History:
This society was organized during the
winter of 1886-87 by local preacher J.A. Miller and served from Lumber
City. The Methodist church building in
Gazzam was operational 1893-1914 and does not appear in the comprehensive 1915
list of appointments.
Final disposition:
20. Gillingham UMC
Location: Gillingham Road
Municipality: Girard township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Shawville,
go east on PA 879 for 1 mile to Knobs Road.
Turn north onto Knobs Road and go 3 miles to Gillingham Road (just past
Eden church). Go east of Gillingham Road
2 miles. The church is on the left (just
after Odessa Road goes off to the north.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1970,93 – discontinued
1971,185 – sold to the
Cemetery Association
Brief History:
This property was deeded to the Gillingham
class in 1902.
Final disposition:
21. Grahamton ME
Location: village of Grahamton
Municipality: Graham township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Morrisdale, go north on PA 3 miles to Allport
Cutoff Road (where PA 53 turns to the right). Go west on Allport Cutoff Road 2
miles to Deer Creek Road. Go north on
Deer Creek Road 2.5 miles to Grahamton Road. Go west on Grahamton
Road 2 miles. The village of Grahamton stood where the road crosses the creek.
Historic Conference:
Central
Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
Grahamton is now a
ghost town, with no remaining signs of its existence. There was a Grahamton
circuit, presumably with a parsonage in Grahamton,
from 1870 to 1886. That final year the
circuit included at least 7 appointments [Oak Grove, Centre Hill, Bradford,
Palestine, Sylvan Grove, Hunter’s and Wallaceton],
and reported 7 church buildings and 1 parsonage, but Grahamton
itself appears to have already ceased to exist.
The following year the charge was known as the Wallaceton
circuit. While the circuit was named Grahamton, it is possible that there was only the parsonage
in the village – and not a church building.
Final disposition:
22. Hawk Run ME
[aka Ashcroft ME]
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:
1895,53 – members at Ashcroft, on Morrisdale
charge, hope to build next year
1899,48 – church completed at Ashcroft
1938,24 – permission to sell
Brief History:
This is believed to have been known as the
Ashcroft church when it was erected, as there is the Ashcroft cemetery in Hawk
Run. 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.
23. Houtzdale MP
Location: Brisbin Street
Municipality: borough of Houtzdale
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Brisbin Street is PA 153. From the intersection of Brisbin Street [PA
53] and PA 53, go 6 blocks north on Brisbin Street to Sue Street. The church stood on the northeast corner of
Brisbin and Sue Streets.
Historic Conference:
Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Protestant
Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This congregation was organized in the old
Brisbin School House in the fall of 1875.
The church building was dedicated 1/22/1887. It closed in 1941 when the congregation
merged into the former Methodist Episcopal Church on the southwest corner of
Clara and Good Streets.
Final disposition:
The
building and land were sold in 1941 to a private individual, who later had the
building torn down.
24. Janesville UMC
Address: 184 Veterans Street, town of Janesville
Municipality: Gulich township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Janesville is 4 miles
south of Ramey on PA 253/453. Veterans
Street is PA 729.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
2024,157 – merged into Allemansville 9/24/2023
Brief History:
The town of Janesville was established in 1851 and
the Methodists erected their first building shortly thereafter. It was the first church building in the
community.
Final disposition:
25. Karthaus ME
Location: Market Street, town of Karthaus
Municipality: Karthaus township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Clearfield, go 20 miles east on PA 879 to the
town of Karthaus, the last town before crossing the
Susquehanna River into Centre County. PA
879 becomes Market Street in the town of Karthaus. The church stood on the south side of the
street between Smith Street and Potter Street. The house pictured on the right
is the former parsonage, and the church stood to the right of the parsonage.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1894,48 – church dedicated 12/17/1893
1967,86&98– abandoned; direction to
sell
1970,201 – directions to sell
Brief History:
This appointment on the Snow Shoe charge
erected their church building in 1893.
In 1915 the Karthaus charge, with parsonage at
Karthaus, included 4 church buildings: Karthaus, Oak Hill, Pine Glen, Pottersdale. The building was sold in 1970 and then torn
down.
Final disposition:
The
cornerstone is set in a planter in front of the former parsonage. The pews were given to a non-denominational
church in Ginter, south of Houtzdale.
26. Keewaydin ME
Location:
Municipality: Covington township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Journal references:
Brief History:
The Methodists may have had an appointment
here, but probably not a church building.
Final disposition:
27. Kylertown UMC
Location: 107 North Second Street,
village of Kylertown
Municipality: Cooper township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From the north section of the interchange of I-80 and
PA 53, go north on Rollingstone Road into Kylertown
to Old Rt 53. Go left on Old Rt 53 one
block to 2nd Street. Go right
on 2nd Street 1.5 blocks (continue straight when Schoonover Rd bears
lrft). The
church is on the left
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1988,310&311 – merged with Allport, Centre
Hill and Munson to form Gethsemane UMC
1995,337 – sold
Brief History:
Kylertown
Methodism began with a revival in the spring of 1897 led by Rev. Frank W. Leidy
of the Wallaceton charge. Regular Sunday services began 9/1/1897 in the
United American Mechanics Hall. A frame church
building was dedicated at the present site 8/9/1898. It burned to the ground 1/1/1911, but the
pews, pulpit and pulpit Bible were saved.
The present brick church was dedicated 9/3/1911. The Sunday School addition was dedicated
7/10/1966.
In 1988, Allport, Centre Hill, Kylertown and Munson united to form Allport Gethsemane UMC
and erect a new building on the Allport Cutoff Road, across from West Branch
Area High School.
Final disposition:
The
property was sold to Charles R. and Deborah L. Saggese for $16,000 and
converted to a private residence.
28. Marysville ME
[no picture]
Location:
Municipality: Boggs township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
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:
29. Morrisdale UMC
Address: 3540 Morrisdale-Allport
Highway, village of Morrisdale
Municipality: Morris township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Morrisdale-Allport Highway
is PA 53. The church is on PA 53, 4
miles north of Philipsburg, on the right side of the road.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The original building erected at
Morrisdale Mines in 1870 was erected as a union church by the employees of the
Morrisdale Coal Company, each employee agreeing to donate the proceeds of two days work. The
building was served irregularly by Episcopal, United Brethren, Methodist and
Presbyterian preachers, but eventually the Methodists prevailed. The original frame church building burned in
1932. In 1935 there were five churches
on the Morrisdale charge: Morrisdale
(440 members), Munson (66), Allport (90), Kylertown
(86) and Hawk Run (29). The congregation
worshipped in the Morris Township school building until the present stone
structure was dedicated 10/4/1936 – on a site purchased for $900 that had
included an old hotel that had been previously used as a hospital during the
1918 flu epidemic and as a factory.
On
3/5/2023 the congregation voted 25-0-1 to disaffiliate from the United
Methodist Church, and that disaffiliation along with 140 others was approved at
a 5/17/2023 special session of the Susquehanna Conference.
Final
disposition:
The congregation is
continuing as the Morrisdale Bible Church.
30. Mount Hope UMC
Location: Krebs Highway (PA 153),
community of Mt. Hope
Municipality: Lawrence township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Exit Clearfield heading east on Park Avenue (PA
153). From the interchange of PA 879 and
PA 153 go east 4 miles on PA 153. The
site is on the north side of the highway, in the village of Mt. Hope, just before
Litz Road goes off to the south.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church
Journal references:
1997,317 – reversion clause
mentioned
2000,155 – discontinued
Brief History:
This class was organized in October 1928
with 35 members as a mission of the Clearfield Christ congregation. From October 1928 to December 1931 the work
was led by local preacher Daniel W. Hummel – and active layman of the
Clearfield Christ church. Meetings were held
in an old tabernacle until land was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parks. The cornerstone to the church building was
laid June 2, 1929, and the dedication took place October 20 of that year.
Final disposition:
In September 2000 the furnishings of the church
building were sent to North Carolina, to churches that had lost their furniture
the previous year in a flood. The
building has been razed and the site is now a grassy lot with a wrap-around
driveway.
31. 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 ½ 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.
32. Munson UMC
Location: Colorado Road, community
of Munson
Municipality: Morris township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Munson is an
unincorporated community along the Moshannon Creek. From the south section of the interchange of
I-80 and PA 53, go south ¼ mile on PA 53 to Schoolhouse Road. Bear left onto Schoolhouse Road and go 2.5
miles to Hardscrabble Road. Turn left
onto Hardscrabble Road and go 1 mile to Colorado Road. Turn right onto Colorado road and go ½ mile. The church is on the left, just after Maple Street
(a dead end street) goes off to the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1988,310&311 – merged into Kylertown, along with Allport and Centre Hill, to form
Gethsemane
Brief History:
This church was built in 1893 and dedicated
12/17/1893. The town of Munson had a
post office until 2002, and it still has its own zip code.
Final disposition:
32. New Castle UMC
Location: PA legislative route 2014
Municipality: Decatur township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Osceola Mills, go south on PA 53 1 mile to Coal
Run Road. Go west on Coal Run Road 3
miles to crossroad in the community of Ashland.
Proceed straight for 1 mile on legislative route 2014 [aka 17133]. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of
the United Brethren Church
Journal references:
1928,84 – cornerstone laid 6/23/1928
1928,86 – building dedicated 9/9/1928
1999,218 – served independent of Morgan
Run charge
2001,163 – discontinued
2002,180 – abandoned
2007,329 – property reverted to heirs of original donors
Brief History:
New Castle was for many years part of the
3-point (with Ohio and Sanborn) Morgan Run UB charge that was split off from
the large West Decatur circuit in 1958.
It split from the charge in 1999 and continued for a few years under a
local pastor.
Final disposition:
Property reverted to heirs of the original donors.
33. New Millport UMC
Location: 7080 Douglas Road,
village of New Millport
Municipality: Knox township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Exit Curwensville heading south on Pa 453 (Susquehanna
Avenue) for 5 miles to Douglas Road. Gt southwest on Douglas Road to the
village of New Millport. The church is
on the left, immediately after crossing Main Street and across from the post
office.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1884,56 – new church building “under
contract”
1987,350 – resolution to
receive New Millport charge from Western PA Conference
1988,310 – New Millport charge
transferred from Western PA Conference
1999,217 and 2000,S-92 – merged into Mt.
Zion
Brief History:
Final disposition:
The building appears abandoned, but there is some
reference to a St. Anne’s Catholic fellowhip.
34.
Oak Hill ME
[aka Karthaus
Hill ME]
Location: community of Oak Hill
Municipality: Karthaus township.
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
The town of Karthaus is 18 miles northeast of Clearfield on PA
879. From the town of Karthaus go 1.5 miles west (back toward Clearfield) on PA
879 to Quehanna Highway. Go north on
Quehanna Highway for 1.8 miles to Pottersadale
Road. Go east on Pottersdale
Road for 100 yards to Oak Hill Road. The
community of Oak Hill is along the Oak Hill Road to the south. The present Oak Hill Lutheran Church, also
erected in 1870 is NOT the Methodist building.
The exact location of the above picture, believed to be the site of the
Methodist building has not been preserved in the records.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1871,34 – new church erected
1876,156 – history of the appointment
given
1910,69 – reroof and repapered for $130
1915,65 – listed as a Methodist-owned
building on the Karthaus charge
Brief History:
This was the first Methodist class/building
in the township – the class existing about 1836 led by a Mrs. Hirkstall. She was a
Methodist who had moved to the area and wrote to the Conference requesting that
they send a preacher. The appointment
continued into the 1900’s, but eventually ceased as the population shifted
toward the village/church at Karthaus.
The Aldrich’s 1887 History of Clearfield County states the
following: “The Karthaus
Hill Methodist Episcopal Church was built during the year 1870. The
corner-stone was laid September 6, and the dedication ceremonies performed on
Christmas day of the same year. It is a plain plank frame building, thirty-six
feet wide and fifty feet deep, and cost, complete, $2,175. The first trustees were Richard Colburn,
Henry Yothers, and Daniel Moore. The stewards were Henry Yothers, Andrew
Rankin, and Daniel Moore. In 1875 there were but nine members, from which to
the present time, the membership has increased to eighteen. Since the
organization of the society and the building of the church edifice the
following pastors have served the society: Revs. Thomas Greenly, W. S. Hanhn, John Geers, Joseph Gray, George B. Ague, J. F.
Craig, Isaiah Edwards, H. S. Lunday, L. S. Crone, J. R. King, W. A. Carver, W. F.
D. Noble, and J. Brunner Graham. The church is erected in the central part of
the township, about two and one-half miles from Karthaus,
and to the northwest from that village. At the present time the society belongs
to the Snow circuit of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.”
The designation Karthaus
Hill was often used to distinguish it from the nearby Oak Hill Lutheran Church,
also erected in 1870.
Final disposition:
35. Ohio UMC
Address: 2550 Ashland Road
Municipality: Decatur township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Houtzdale, go 6 miles north on PA 153 to
Sanborn Road. Turn right and go 2 miles
to Ashland Road. Turn left on Ashland
Road and go 0.5 miles. The church is on
the right.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Journal references:
2025,162 – closed 8/1/2024
Brief History:
This class was organized
in 1850 and met in springhouse on the Jesse Goss farm. In 1874 services were move to the Ohio
school House. Land for the present site
was deeded to the church by George W. and Eliza J. (Shimmel) Warren on
6/19/1893. The white, frame, one-room
building 30x42 was dedicated 12/3/1893.
In 1928 two acres of land across the road were purchased. A building was
erected for a piano, choir and speakers – and sets for about 200 were placed in
front of the building. Evangelistic
services, camp-meeting style services and homecoming services were held
regularly in that grove until about 1953.
A Cemetery Association was formed in 1958. In 1958 the Morgan Run charge (Newcastle ,
Ohio, Sanborn) was split off from the West Decatur Charge and a brick parsonage
was erected below the church in 1960.
The 30x60 cement block Community Building was completed in 1970.
The congregation closed as of 7/31/2024.
Final disposition:
35. Old Bradford UB
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Journal references:
Brief History:
Final disposition:
36. Palestine UMC
Address: 4228 Schoonover Road
Municipality: Graham township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Deer Creek Road heads
north off PA 53 in Morrisdale. From
Morrisdale, go north 5 miles on Deer Creek Road to Schoonover Road. Go east 0.6 miles on Schoonover Road. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This congregation was created in 1873 when
the nearby Union church at Fairview opted to formally become United
Brethren. Those who disagreed with that decision
left to worship on their own. In 1883,
they built their present structure about 1 mile away from the original
community church – later Fairview UMC and, ironically, placed on the same
charge with Palestine.
On
3/9/2023 the congregation voted 17-5 to disaffiliate from the United Methodist
Church, and that disaffiliation along with 140 others was approved at a
5/17/2023 special session of the Susquehanna Conference.
Final
disposition:
The congregation continues to
operate as the Palestine Bible Church of Morrisdale.
37. 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
Journal references:
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.
38. Pleasant Hill UMC
Address: PA 53, near the community
of Grassflat
Municipality: Cooper township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From the interchange of PA 53 with
I-80, go 3 miles north on PA 53. The
church is on the right, on the northeast corner of PA 53 and Cooper Avenue.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United Brethren Church
Journal references:
1928,83&114 – declared abandoned
2010,43 - discontinued
Brief History:
The congregation was organized
November 28, 1862 as the Hickory Bottom Class and erected a church building in
1876, the name having been changed to Pleasant Hill the previous year. The first interment in the adjacent cemetery
was made in 1916. In 1917 the two front
doors were removed and a vestibule was constructed. In 1928 the conference decided to sell the
building, but the pastor of the Philipsburg church was asked to intercede and
Pleasant Hill was placed on the Philipsburg charge 1928-1954. In 1954 Pleasant Hill was returned to the
Bigler charge. After 1958 Pleant
Hill was on the three-point Summit Hill charge (Fairview, Pleasant Hill, Summit
Hill). In 1961 the
vestibule was enlarged to give the building its present appearance,
Final disposition:
The property was conveyed
to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association for $1.00 in 2010.
39. Pottersdale ME
[Three Runs ME]
Location: community of Pottersdale
Municipality: Karthaus township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
The town of Karthaus is 18
miles northeast of Clearfield on PA 879.
From the town of Karthaus go 1.5 miles west
(back toward Clearfield) on PA 879 to Quehanna Highway. Go north on Quehanna Highway for 1.8 miles to
Pottersadale Road.
Go east on Pottersdale Road for 3.5 miles to
the community of Potttersdale. The site is on the right, about 100 yards
before the road crosses Three Runs Creek and makes a sharp left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1896,64 – construction in progress
1897,60 – finances managed
1943,29 – building vacated; property to be
managed by Surveyor church
1951,54 – abandoned; sale authorized to
group using the building
Brief History:
Projections for a church building here were
begun in 1893. While it’s unclear when
the building was actually erected, the property was deeded to the Pottersdale Methodist Episcopal Church in 1896. It appears that Methodist services were
discontinued about 1943, and in 1951 the property was sold for $100 to the
independent group holding services there.
Final disposition:
The
building is now home to an independent congregation.
40. Ramey UMC
Address: 411 Main Street
Municipality: borough of Ramey
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Main Street is PA
253. The church is in the east end of
town, east of PA 453, on the north side of the street.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
2023,181 – closed 1/8/2023
Brief History:
On December 8, 2022, the congregation
voted to close, and the final service was held January 8, 2023.
Final
disposition:
The Ramey property was sold at auction
3/25/2023 for a total purchase price of $119,900. Final settlement was 5/11/2023.
41. Sanborn UMC
Address: 4631 Sanborn Road
Municipality: Knox township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Houtzdale, go 6 miles north on PA 153 to
Sanborn Road. Turn left and go 0.6
mile. The church is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The citizens of Sanborn
held their first United Brethren meeting in the “Old Slab School House” located
in what is now the old cemetery. Land
for a church building was purchased in 1873, and the building was dedicated in
June 1875. The building was completely
remodeled in the 1920’s and re-dedicated by J.S. Fulton on August 22,
1927. The church was originally part of
the five-point West Decatur charge and later on the three-point Morgan Run
charge. Over the years, the population
shifted and attendance declined. On
5/4/2022 the congregation voted to close, and the final service was held June
12, 2022.
Final disposition:
There were some issues with the cemetery
and the septic system that prevented a typical sale. Settlement was held 7/30/2024. The neighboring Sanborn Church of God payed all legal and transfer fees and received the entire
property for the nominal price of $1.00.
42. Smoke Run UMC
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
Journal references:
1913,77 – unused church building at Banian
torn down for materials to erect Smoke Run
2012,160 – merged into Allemansville
Brief History:
Final
disposition:
43. Stoneville ME
Location: Stoneville Road,
Municipality: Boggs township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
The erstwhile village of Stoneville
was southeast of Clearfield – west of PA 153 and north of Old Erie Pike. Following are two directions that lead to the
same point.
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 ½ 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 ½ 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.
The Old Erie Pike runs from
US 322 north of Philipsburg to PA 849 east of Curwensville. About ½ way between these points it “crosses”
PA 153 and is concurrent with PA 153 for about ½ mile. At the western end of this concurrency, when
PA 153 bears right, continue straight of Old Erie Pike for about 1 mile. Turn right onto Stoneville Road and go to the
end – a little over 1 mile. The cemetery
is straight ahead
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1887,46 – received
“greatly needed repairs” at a cost of $280
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.
44. Summit Hill UMC
Address: 721 Summit Hill Road
Municipality: Graham township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Bigler, go 3 miles east on the Bigler
Allport Cutoff to Centre Hill Road. Go
south on Centre Hill Road 1.2 miles to Summit Hill Road. The church is on the right, at the
intersection of Centre Hill and Summit Hill Roads.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The ground for this church was donated by
Samuel Smeal in 1873. The vestibule and
stained glass windows were added in 1951.
In 1967, further improvements included a bell tower, a balcony with
three Sunday School rooms, and another Sunday School room and two rest rooms on
the first floor. In 1968 a memorable
baptismal service was held at the Roos farm, with
sixteen immersions.
For many years Summit Hill was on the
Allegheny Conference’s five-point Bigler charge (Bigler, Fairview, Pleasant
Hill, Shiloh, Summit Hill), and after 1958 on the three-point Summit Hill
charge (Fairview, Pleasant Hill, Summit Hill).
On
3/5/2023 the congregation voted 21-6 to disaffiliate from the United Methodist
Church, and that disaffiliation along with 140 others was approved at a
5/17/2023 special session of the Susquehanna Conference.
Final
disposition:
45. Surveyor ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Journal references:
Brief History:
Final disposition:
46. Sylvan Grove ME
Location: Church Hill Road
Municipality: Cooper township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From the interchange of PA 53 and I-80 at Kylertown, go north on Pine Street [aka Rolling Stone Road]
into Kylertown.
From Kylertown continue 2 miles north on
Rolling Stone Road to Church Hill Road.
Turn west on Church Hill Road and go ¼ mile. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1872, 31 – cost $2010, dedicated 6/25/1871
Brief History:
The first place of worship was a log
building erected across the road from the present site in 1850 and used as a
church and a school. The present
structure was dedicated in 1871 on land given by John and Wealthy Hoover. The appointment was on the following
circuits: Clearfield (until 1870), Grahamton
(1870-1886), Wallaceton (1886-1908), Munson
(1908-1918). With the area depopulated
and only a few older members remaining, the church was closed in 1918. An active board of trustees continues to maintain
the cemetery and hold an annual service on the Sunday before Labor Day.
Final disposition:
47. Summit Hill UMC
Address: 721 Summit Hill Road
Municipality: Graham township
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Bigler, go 3 miles east on the Bigler
Allport Cutoff to Centre Hill Road. Go
south on Centre Hill Road 1.2 miles to Summit Hill Road. The church is on the right, at the
intersection of Centre Hill and Summit Hill Roads.
Historic Conference:
Allegheny Conference of the United
Brethren Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The ground for this church was donated by
Samuel Smeal in 1873. The vestibule and
stained glass windows were added in 1951.
In 1967, further improvements included a bell tower, a balcony with
three Sunday School rooms, and another Sunday School room and two rest rooms on
the first floor. In 1968 a memorable
baptismal service was held at the Roos farm, with
sixteen immersions.
For many years Summit Hill was on the
Allegheny Conference’s five-point Bigler charge (Bigler, Fairview, Pleasant
Hill, Shiloh, Summit Hill), and after 1958 on the three-point Summit Hill
charge (Fairview, Pleasant Hill, Summit Hill).
On
3/5/2023 the congregation voted 21-6 to disaffiliate from the United Methodist Church,
and that disaffiliation along with 140 others was approved at a 5/17/2023
special session of the Susquehanna Conference.
Final
disposition:
48. 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:
49. Wallaceton UMC
Address: 416 Clearfield Street
Municipality: borough of Wallaceton
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
From Philipsburg, go 6 miles north on US
322 to the cut off to the right to Wallacton. Turn right and go 0.5 miles to the Wallaceton-Bigler Highway.
Turn right [becomes Reed Street] and go 0.5 miles to Clearfield
Street. Turn left on Clearfield Street
and go 1 block. The church is on the
right, on the southeast corner of Clearfield and Graham Streets.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
2013, 149 – merged into Oak Grove to form
Rock UMC
Brief History:
Final disposition:
50.
Winburne
ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Journal references:
Brief History:
Final disposition:
51. Woodland Main Street UMC
Location:
Municipality:
County: Clearfield
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
Final disposition: