CLOSED CHURCHES WITHIN THE PRESENT BOUNDARIES OF THE

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0. The Evangelical Church in Dauphin County
    Dauphin County was severely impacted by the 1894 denominational split in the Evangelical Association.  Some charges were divided, with some congregations remaining in the Evangelical Association and others siding with the United Evangelicals.  Some congregations were divided, with some of the members remaining in the Evangelical Association and others leaving to form competing United Evangelical Congregations.  Some congregations did not survive the split and ceased to exist soon after 1894.  Not all the congregations that survived the split participated in the 1922 re-union of the Evangelical Association and the United Evangelical Church to form the Evangelical Church (which then joined with the United Brethren Church in 1946 to form the Evangelical United Brethren [EUB] denomination.  Many United Evangelical congregations declined to participate in the 1922 re-union, left the denomination, and eventually formed the Evangelical Congregational Church.  For the purposes of this list, those congregations are considered "closed" churches ― i.e., they are congregations that were once part of United Methodism, and now are no longer so.  In general, Evangelical congregations will be designated either EA or UE according to whether they were part of the Evangelical Association or the United Evangelical Church during the denominational split.


1. Berrysburg UE

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Location: PA 225, Berrysburg
Municipality:
borough of Berrysburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    The borough of Berrysburg is centered at the intersection of PA 25 (9 miles west of Millersburg) and PA 225 (12 miles north of Halifax).  From the center of town, go 0.5 miles south on PA 225.  The church is on the right.    

Historic Conference:
   
East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association    

Journal references:
     1896,26 – permission to sell parsonage to erect a parsonage in Elizabethville

Brief History:
    This congregation of the Evangelical Association worshiped with the Lutheran and Reformed congregations in the Union Salem Church [now Peace United Church of Christ] until erecting their own church building at the present site in 1846.  The 1894 denominational split divided the congregation.  The majority sided with the United Evangelical Church and re-purchased the church building in 1896.  The congregation opted not to participate in the 1922 re-union that formed the Evangelical Church joining with Elizabethville, Gratz and Pillow to form the Berrysburg charge in the newly-formed Evangelical Congregational denomination.

Final disposition:
    The building is the home of the Berrysburg Evangelical Congregational Church.


2. Berrysburg ME

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Location: PA 25, Berrysburg
Municipality:
borough of Berrysburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    The borough of Berrysburg is centered at the intersection of PA 25 (9 miles west of Millersburg) and PA 225 (12 miles north of Halifax).  From the center of town, go 0.5 miles west on PA 25.  The building is on the left.    

Historic Conference:
   
Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church    

Journal references:

Brief History:
    This 36x41 frame building was erected as a Methodist place of worship is 1843 and used until being closed in 1921.

Final disposition:
    The building was used for many years as the Hoover Funeral Home.  It was later joined to the former Hoover's Appliance Store and used as an annex to that business.  The building is now unused.  There is a Methodist Cemetery west of town.


3. Berrysburg Sweitzer's Memorial UB

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Location: PA 225, Berrysburg
Municipality:
borough of Berrysburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    The borough of Berrysburg is centered at the intersection of PA 25 (9 miles west of Millersburg) and PA 225 (12 miles north of Halifax).  From the center of town, go 0.5 miles north on PA 225.  The building is on the right.         

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     Eastern Conference 1967, 161 – permission to discontinue
     Eastern Conference 1969, 124 – discontinued as of 7/1/1969; assets to conference trustees and members to Elizabethville Trinity
     Central Pennsylvania Conference 1972,203 – permission to sell
     Central Pennsylvania Conference 1973,204 – sold to Maranatha Chapel

Brief History:
    The United Brethren work in Berrysburg began in 1872 when the pastor of the Lykens Valley circuit started holding services in a hall.  In 1892 William Sweitzer, a member of the class, purchased the hall and presented it to the congregation.  The first floor of the building was then transformed into a sanctuary, while various organizations continued to use the upper floor.  The church was served as part of the Lykens Valley circuit until 1926.  Since that time it has been served in connection with larger church as follows.
            1926-29    Elizabethville   
            1929-32    Tremont
            1932-39    Elizabethville
            1939-42    Williamstown
            1942-67    Elizabethville
    The appointment was discontinued in 1967.

Final disposition:
    In 1973, the property was sold to the Maranatha Chapel of Berrysburg, Inc.


4. Bressler ME
    [New Benton ME]

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Location: 655 Monroe Street, community of Bressler
Municipality:
Swatara township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From S. Front Street in Steelton, turn east onto Highland Street, at the St. Lawrence Lodge.  Go east ½ mile to Center Street.  Go south 1/3 mile on Center Street to Monroe Street.  The building is on the northeast corner of Center and Monroe Streets.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     1904,77 – brief history of congregation and building dedication
     1931,49 – permission to sell
     1933,61 – permission to sell, proceeds to Epworth

Brief History:
     New Benton was the original name of Bressler, an unincorporated village between Steelton and Oberlin.  This congregation was started as an outreach of Harrisburg Epworth, where some members opened a Sunday School in the schoolhouse and then proceeded by faith to purchase a lot and erect a building, which was dedicated 4/26/1903.  The problem was that the area was officially within the bounds of the Philadelphia Conference – which resented the incursion into their territory and refused to recognize or accept the congregation.  It was served by supplies, students and retired persons and last appears in the statistics in 1924 with 28 full members and an average Sunday School attendance of 56.  That year is was placed with Newville and served by a student from Dickinson College. After that it no longer appears in the journal.

Final disposition:
     The congregation was forced to be unaffiliated, and the building now houses the Bressler Bible Church. 


5. Carsonville Trinity UB

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Location: Powells Valley, community of Carsonville
Municipality:
Jefferson township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the stoplight, south of Halifax, at the intersection of PA 225 and PA 147, go north 1 block on 225-147 to Powells Valley Road.  Go east on Powells Valley Road 9 miles to the community of Carsonville.  The church is on the right, just before the main road turns left.

Historic Conference:
     
East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church    

Journal references:
     Eastern Conference 1967, 161 – permission to discontinue
     Eastern Conference 1969, 124 – discontinued as of 7/1/1969; assets to conference trustees and members to Ender’s Powell’s Valley charge

     Central Pennsylvania Conference 1971,185 – sold to Dale L. Zimmerman; $1000 for property, $250 for furnishings [trustees: 9/24/70 #9]

Brief History:
      One-fourth of an acre of ground was purchase and this church was erected in 1862.  Carsonville Trinity (along with Jacobs, Union and Zion “Stone”) was one of 4 churches on the original Powells Valley charge.  In 1934 Powells Valley and Enders combined to make the United Brethren’s large rural 8-point Enders Powells Valley charge that existed until the 1968 United Methodist Union.

Final disposition:
     


6. Clark's Valley Grace EV

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Location: PA 325 [Clarks Valley Road]
Municipality:
Middle Paxton township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the borough of Dauphin, go north 2 miles on PA 225 to PA 325.  Go east on PA 325 [Clarks Valley Road] 2 miles to where the road crosses Clarks Creek.  Just before the road crosses the creek, turn left onto the old road.  The building stood on the left, immediately before the old bridge.

Historic Conference:
     [East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Congregational Church]

Journal references:

Brief History:
      While there were Evangelical services conducted over the years with varying degrees of regularity in the Clarks Valley schoolhouse, this congregation was formed (and the building erected) by the Evangelical Congregational denomination in 1930 and was never part of one of United Methodism’s predecessor bodies.  It is included here for completeness – see the account of Zion EV.   In 1972 this congregation merged with the relocated Zion congregation to become the Clarks Valley Zion Evangelical Congregational Church on McKelvey Road (the western extension of Clarks Valley Road from PA 225).  This building is no longer standing.

Final disposition:
    


7. Cross Roads ME
 [Washington Square ME]

Location: 10 East Main Street, Elizabethville
Municipality:
borough of Elizabethville
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Cross Roads [aka Washington Square] was situated just east of, and continuous with, Elizabethville.  Today it is part of the borough of Elizabethville.  Main Street is US 209.  The building is on the south side of the road, at 10 East Main Street.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     The Methodists erected this one story, one room, frame house of worship in 1871.  The Methodist congregation lasted only two years.  By 1873 the building was being used by a United Brethren congregation of the East German Conference.  In 1879 the building was sold to the United Brethren.

Final disposition:
    The United Brethren worshipped here until erecting their new building in 1888.  The structure was remodeled into a store and dwelling, occupied for many years by Straub's Clothing Store.


8. Crums EA

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Location: Colonial Road
Municipality:
Lower Paxton township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the Harrisburg interchange of I-83 with US 22, go east 1 block on US 22 [Jonestown Road] to Colonial Road.  Go north ¾ miles on Colonial Road (just across Devonshire Road).  The site is on the right.

Historic Conference:
      East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association.

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This church was erected in 1868 on land given by Leonard Crum on what was then known as Goose Valley Road.  The majority of the congregation (actually, all but one or two members) sided with the United Evangelical Church in 1894 and left to erect what is now Charlton UMC.  The building continued to be used by various church groups until about 1915, but was completely abandoned by 1920.  One night in 1933, the building was dismantled and hauled away by unknown persons to an unknown fate. 

Final disposition:
     The property is now designated as the Charlton United Methodist Church Cemetery.


9. Dauphin Trinity UE

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Location: 301 Market Street
Municipality:
borough of Dauphin
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     When approaching Dauphin on the US 22-322 expressway from Harrisburg, take the Dauphin Boro exit (immediately after passing through the railroad underpass) and proceed west 4 blocks to Swatara Street.  Go south 1 block on Swatara Street to Juniata Street.  Go west 1 block on Juniata Street to Market Street.  The church building is on the southeast corner of Juniata and (northbound) Market Streets.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This congregation met in a school house before erecting their first building in 1871.  The congregation sided with the United Evangelical Church during the 1894-1922 denomination split.  In 1922 the United Evangelical pastor who had been serving the appointment participated in the denominational re-union and was reassigned by the Evangelical Church, but the congregation sided with the dissident group that stayed out of the re-union to form the Evangelical Congregational Church – and that group also assigned a pastor to the congregation.  Oral tradition states that the two pastoral families shared the parsonage while the dust settled and the congregation eventually officially Evangelical Congregational.

Final disposition:
     The building is now Trinity Evangelical Free Church.


10. Dauphin UMC

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Location: 600 Erie Street
Municipality:
borough of Dauphin
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     When approaching Dauphin on the US 22-322 expressway from Harrisburg, take the Dauphin Boro exit (immediately after passing through the railroad underpass) and proceed west 6 blocks to Church Street.  Go north 1 block on Church Street to Erie Street.  The church building is on the southwest corner of Church and Erie Streets.

Historic Conference:
      Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     2000,155; S-38 – appointment abandoned; remaining members transferred out
     2001,280 – sold to Frank/Barbara Pinto

Brief History:
      The congregation traces its beginnings to about 1835, when a wooden church building was erected on Railroad Street.  When that structure burned to the ground on January 12, 1888, the present site was purchased and the existing stone building was erected and dedicated within the year.  This appointment was originally on a circuit with Coxestown [St. Mark’s], Paxton and Heckton.  For approximately the last 100 years of its existence, until 1993, Dauphin formed a two point charge with Heckton.  The congregation gradually dwindled away and the church was closed in 2000.

Final disposition:
    


11. Dayton St. Paul’s UE

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Location: community of Dayton
Municipality:
Williams township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Dayton is a community along the “back” road connecting Wiconisco and Williamstown

Historic Conference:
      East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
            After the 1894 split in the Evangelical Association, the United Evangelicals eventually formed their own congregations of Williamstown Ebenezer, Wiconisco Grace and Dayton St. Paul's. These churches remained outside the 1922 re-union and became part of the Evangelical Congregational denomination.
     There are 1921 references to a Dayton United Evangelical Church that remained out of the 1922 denominational re-union and became part of the Evangelical Congregational Church, existing and supplied with Muir at least until 1975. Evangelical historian Paul Deiner [see “The Evangelical Church in Dauphin County,” THE CHRONICLE, 1998, pages 54-70] states “The Evangelical Association appointment at Dayton met in a schoolhouse, and there was no church building there until the United Evangelicals erected one following the 1894 split.” Nothing more is known about this congregation or building. 

Final disposition:
    


12. Elizabethville Ebenezer EA

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Location: Main Street
Municipality:
borough of Elizabethville
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the intersection of Main and Market Streets in Elizabethville (the intersection of US 209 and PA 225), go west 3 blocks on Main Street (US 209) to Buttonwood Street.  The building stood on the southeast corner of Main and Buttonwood Streets.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:
     1947,72&82&84 – permission to sell property & transfer membership

Brief History:
      This frame building was erected in 1886.  The small congregation began to diminish in the 1930’s and following the 1946 Evangelical – United Brethren denominational union, the congregation accepted the invitation to become part of their sister EUB church, Elizabethville Trinity, which had been United Brethren.  The building was sold in 1948 to adjacent property owner Edward T. Romberger, who donated the memorial window depicting “The Shepherd and the Lost Sheep” to the merged congregation.

Final disposition:
      Mr. Romberger sold the building to the Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, who dismantled the structure in sections and moved it to the north side of PA 25, about 1 miles west of Gratz.  The old building is no longer standing, as that that congregation erected a new sanctuary in 2004 and a new educational wing in 2010.  The Elizabethville site is now a grassy lot.


13. Enders Salem UMC

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Location: Armstrong Valley, village of Enders
Municipality:
Jackson township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From Halifax, go north 1.9 miles on PA 225 to Rutter Road.  Turn right onto Rutter Road and go 3.2 miles to Enders Road and the village of Enders.  Turn right onto Enders Road and go 1 block.  The building is on the left

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1996, 198 – merged into Fisherville Grace

Brief History:
     Salem (along with Halifax Ebenezer, Fisherville Grace and St. Paul’s) was one of 4 churches on the original Enders charge.  In 1934 Enders and Powells Valley combined to make the United Brethren’s large rural 8-point Enders Powells Valley charge that existed until the 1968 United Methodist Union.  In 1998 Salem merged into Fisherville Grace, the lone remaining congregation from the original Enders charge.

Final disposition:
     The building is now a private home


14. Fisherville UMC

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Location: Armstrong Valley, village of Fisherville
Municipality:
Jackson township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From Halifax to north 3.5 miles on PA 225 to the village of Fisherville.  The church is on the left as you enter the village.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This building was erected by the Methodist Episcopal denomination in 1859, sold to the United Evangelical denomination in 1891, and sold to the United Brethren denomination in 1903 – after which, by denominational unions, it became Evangelical United Brethren and United Methodist.

Final disposition:
     This building now houses the Fisherville Grace United Methodist Church.


15. Fishing Creek Trinity UE

Location: 1629 Fishing Creek Valley Road
Municipality:
Middle Paxton township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the interchange between Harrisburg and Dauphin of US 22-322 with PA 443, go east 3.5 miles on PA 443 [Fishing Creek Valley Road] 3.5 miles.  The church is on the right.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church.

Journal references:

Brief History:
     Jacob Albright preached in the Fishing Creek Valley, and records (see THE CHRONICLE, 1998, page 54) credit him with at least conversion here in 1801 and one baptism in 1803.  The class here was formally organized in 1831 and the building erected in 1898.  This congregation remained out of the 1922 denominational reunion and became part of the Evangelical Congregational denomination, known today as Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church.

Final disposition:
     


16. Forney's Emanuel UB

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Location: village of Rife, off US 209
Municipality:
Washington township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the square in Millersburg, go 5 miles east on US 209 to Shiffer Mill Road.  Turn right on Shiffer Mill Road and go 0.2 miles.  The site is on the left.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     Eastern Conference 1969, 124 – discontinued as of 7/1/1969; assets and members to Elizabethville Trinity

Brief History:
      The first building at this site was erected in 1858.  A new building was erected in 1901 and substantially improved in 1935.   The congregation was always vibrant, but never large – peaking at about 75 members in the 1950’s.  There were 25 members remaining on the rolls when services were discontinued in 1969.

Final disposition:
      The building has been razed and replaced with a marker that contains the church bell.  The cemetery remains.  The June 15, 1983, report of the conference trustees states the church building “is being razed by the Forney’s Cemetery Association.  A deed of transfer of the land to the Cemetery Association has been made in return for this work.”


17. Gratz Simeon’s UE

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Location: West Market Street
Municipality:
borough of Gratz
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Market Street is PA 25.  From the center of Gratz, go west 1 block on Market Street to Pine Street.   The building is on the southeast corner of Market and Pine Streets.

Historic Conference:
      East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This congregation was United Evangelical during the 1894-1922 denominational split and became part of the Evangelical Congregational Church in 1922.  They relocated to a site 1 mile east of Gratz and are now the Good Shepherd EC Church.

Final disposition:
    


18. Halifax Ebenezer UMC

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Location: Ebenezer Road
Municipality:
Halifax township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From Halifax go north 2.5 miles to Ebenezer Road.  Go east 0.5 miles on Ebenezer Road.  The church is on the left.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     This building was erected in 1874.  Ebenezer (along with Enders Salem, Fisherville Grace and St. Paul’s) was one of 4 churches on the original Enders charge.  In 1934 Enders and Powells Valley combined to make the United Brethren’s large rural 8-point Enders Powells Valley charge that existed until the 1968 United Methodist Union.

 

Final disposition:

 


19. Halifax EA

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Location: 224-26 Armstrong Street
Municipality:
borough of Halifax
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Entering Halifax from Harrisburg on PA 147 (4th Street), proceed straight across Market Street to the T with Armstrong Street.  Turn left onto Armstrong Street and go 2.5 blocks.  The building is on the right.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This building was erected to accommodate Evangelical Association members living in Halifax.  It was part of the Millersburg circuit, but according to Egles’ 1883 county history the work had been abandoned.

Final disposition:
    


20. Halifax ME

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Location: Market Street
Municipality:
borough of Halifax
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Entering Halifax from Harrisburg on PA 147, follow PA 147 when it turns left onto Market Street.  Continue 1 block.  The church is on the right on the northwest corner of Market and Third Streets.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      An old log meeting house was erected in Halifax in 1806, on the land now occupied by the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, and was likely the first Methodist edifice in the Dauphin County.  That log structure was replaced by the present brick structure in 1850

Final disposition:
     The building is now the home of the Halifax Area Historical Society.

 


21. Halifax UB

Location:
Municipality:
borough of Halifax
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
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Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:

Brief History:

Final disposition:
     The building is now the home of the YMCA Child Development Center..

 


22. Halifax UMC

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Address: 105 Wind Hill Drive
Municipality:
borough of Halifax
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
    
On 2/1/2023 the congregation voted 204-24 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:


23. Harrisburg Asbury ME

Location: 1100 block of Herr Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the intersection of Herr and Cameron Streets, go west ½ block on Herr Street.  The site is on the right, believed to be approximately where this eatery now stands.

Historic Conference:
     Washington Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Journal references:

Brief History:
      The church building that stood on this site was erected by the United Brethren [see Harrisburg Plymouth Chapel UB] in 1873 and sold to the Methodists in 1894 for $750.  While the history of black Methodism in Harrisburg is difficult to document, it appears that this is the beginning of what became Mitchell Memorial UMC – the congregation later relocating to Briggs and Cowden Streets, then to 1322 Marion Street in 1938, and to 1919 North Fourth Street in 1957, before merging with Camp Curtin to form the present Camp Curtin Memorial Mitchell UMC in 1989.

Final disposition:


24. Harrisburg Calvary UB

Location: 1400 block Regina Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
      Regina Street runs parallel to and a few blocks south of Walnut Street.  The site is believed to be close to the above pictured southeast corner of Regina and Chayne Streets.

Historic Conference:
      East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This was the first effort of the United Brethren to establish a work in the Allison Hill section of Harrisburg.  Land was purchased and a building erected in 1871.  The congregation struggled under an embarrassing debt.  One report says that the building was sold in 1879 “for debts that could not cancelled” – but that the society remained organized, possibly continuing to meet in the building.  The appointment is not listed after 1882 and Egle’s 1883 county history states that “Calvary Church was situated on Regina Street near Fifteenth, but is no longer in existence.” Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference discusses the project, and the exact wording of the deed, on pages 204-5.

Final disposition:
    


25. Harrisburg Camp Curtin Memorial Mitchell UMC
      [Camp Curtin ME]

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Address: 2221 N. Sixth Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:
     Sixth Street runs parallel to and about 6 blocks east of the Susquehanna River.   The site is two blocks north of McClay Street, immediately north of the YMCA, on the east side of the street.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
     Washington Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     1891,69 – church building dedicated July 20, 1890
     1895,57 – building destroyed by fire 12/30/1894
     1896,69 – new building dedicated 12/15/1895
     2019,168 – discontinued 7/1/2019
     2021,S-16 – all 105 members removed by action of charge conference
     2022,273 – sold 4/7/2021 for $50,000 Chris Bryce

Brief History:

Final disposition:
     The property was sold 6/7/2021 for $50,000 to Harrisburg restoration specialists Chris and Erica Bryce.  The property has since been resold and is in disrepair.  The noted painting in the sanctuary (shown below) apparently could not be removed to a museum.  The archives annex has the artist’s preliminary smaller oil painting and other Curtin Heights ME materials on display.

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26. Harrisburg Derry Street UMC
      [Harrisburg Brookwood Mission UB]

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Address: 1508 Derry Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
    
East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
 
   1889(Feb),10&20 – recommend opening a mission in Allison Hill, Harrisburg
                              42 – new mission projected at Brookwood in East Harrisburg
     2019, 168 – closed 7/1/2019
     2021,266 – sold 9/8/2020 for $155,000 to Anglican Church of the Pentecost

Brief History:
     This congregation began as an 1889 outreach of the Boas Street [First] United Brethren Church to East Harrisburg.  A brick church building known as the Brookwood Mission was erected in 1890 and razed to make way for a new building in 1906.  The nearly finished new building was completely destroyed by a disastrous fire in 1907, and the present sanctuary was finally dedicated in 1908.  The Christian Education building and chapel were added in 1957.

Final disposition:
     The property was sold in August 2020 to the Anglican Church of the Pentecost (Diocese of the Church of Nigeria).  The large building is capable of handling multiple congregations, and in 2023 the building was also home to the Imani African Christian Congregation.


27. Harrisburg Epworth UMC

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Location: 21st and Derry Streets
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Derry Street is a main thoroughfare, the original road from Harrisburg east to Hershey.  The church is on the southwest corner of Derry and 21st Streets.  From I-83, take the 17th Street exit (if heading westbound) or the 19th Street exit (if heading eastbound) and go a few blocks north to Derry Street and then a few blocks east to 21st Street.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     2005,S50 – all members removed

Brief History:
      This congregation began in 1890 when 88 persons met in the East End School House on 21st Street to organize the Epworth Methodist Episcopal Sunday School.  A church building was dedicated at 21st and Derry on January 29, 1891, and added to in 1899 and 1902.  The original frame building was razed and the present stone structure erected on the same site and dedicated September 3, 1922 – the congregation worshiping during the construction in a temporary tabernacle erected at 20th and Derry Streets.

     Epworth’s membership peaked at 891 in 1963.  In 2005 it joined with Derry Street (former United Brethren) to form a two-point charge in the Allison Hill area, and in 2005 the church was closed. 

Final disposition:
     The building was sold and now houses the Bethany AME congregation.

 


28. Harrisburg Fifth Street UMC

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Location: 5th and Granite Streets
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the Forster Street Bridge across the Susquehanna River into Harrisburg, go east several blocks to 6th Street. Go north on 6th Street almost a mile to Granite Street [one block past Hamilton Street, and just past the Hamilton School on the right]  Go west on Granite Street 1 block the 5th Street.  The church is on the northeast corner of Granite and 5th Streets.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (until 1873)
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
    
1891,67 – church building dedicated September 1890
     1930,80 – history of congregation, as Fifth Street hosts conference
     2007,S-62 – all members removed

Brief History:
      An 1869-70 winter revival at the Ridge Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church resulted in numerous converts, many of whom lived north of Reily Street.  Local preacher Robert McWilliams obtained permission to hold services on a plot of ground at 5th and Granite Streets during the summer of 1870.  The services were well attended, the land was purchased, and a chapel was erected and dedicated November 16, 1870.  In 1889, the present sanctuary was erected and the original chapel was moved to the rear of the lot to be used for Sunday School.  In 1904 the original chapel was removed and a Sunday School annex added to the sanctuary.  In 1930 additional land was purchased, the sanctuary and annex were extensively remodeled, and an entirely new Church School unit was added.

Final disposition:
     The building is now home to the Bethel AME congregation.


29. Harrisburg First UMC
      [Harrisburg Boas Street UB]
      [Harrisburg Memorial UB]

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Address: 260 Boas Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     2020,180 – closed 10/31/2019
     2021,267 – sold 7/27/2020 for $99,000 to Church 1 Holdings LLC

Brief History:

Final disposition:

 


30. Harrisburg Front Street UB

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Location: Front Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     The church building stood on lot #52 of the original town plan – the second lot south of Locust Street.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      The 40x50 brick church building that stood on the site had been erected by the Baptists in 1831, sold at a sheriff’s sale in 1850 to a Levi Wolfersberger, and sold by Mr. Wolfersberger to the United Brethren in 1851. This was the first United Brethren effort in the city of Harrisburg, and the congregation consistently struggled financially.  In 1861 the church house was sold by the sheriff and the appointment was dropped from the Dauphin circuit.

Final disposition:
    


 

31. Harrisburg Harris Street UMC

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Address: 250 Harris Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Journal references:
     2016,147 – discontinued

Brief History:

Final disposition:


32. Harrisburg Mitchell Memorial ME

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Location: 1919 N. Fourth Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     Washington Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      The congregation moved to 1322 Marion Street in 1938 and to 1919 N. Fourth Street in 1957.  In 1989 the congregation united with the Camp Curtin Memorial congregation to become the Camp Curtin Memorial Mitchell UMC worshiping in the former Camp Curtin building.

Final disposition:
     The Marion Street property that was sold in 1957 is now an empty lot.  The Fourth Street building is now (2018) the Rose of Sharon Baptist Church.

 


33. Harrisburg North Street EA
      [Harrisburg Trinity EA]

1886

Location: North and Capital Streets
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This congregation was the re-union of the Trinity Chapel (English) and Salem (German) congregations.  When the congregation sided with the United Evangelicals in 1894, the building was lost and the congregation erected the Harris Street church.  This cornerstone is now on the rear of the educational wing of the Harris Street church.

Final disposition:
    


34. Harrisburg Otterbein UMC

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Location: 310 Peffer Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
      From the intersection of 3rd and Forster Streets, go 11 blocks north on 3rd Street to Peffer Street.  The property is on the northeast corner of 3rd and Peffer.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1883,9 – contemplating building a second story
     2003,171&288 – discontinued and abandoned
     2004,279 – abandoned, sale pending
     2005,365 – sale pending
     2006,338 – sold to New Day Way of the Cross

Brief History:
      This congregation began in 1879 when 40 members of the Boas Street [First] church organized and were served from the Union Deposit circuit of the East German Conference.  They worshiped in the Zwingle German Reformed Church [North Street and Church Ally] before erecting their own building on Reily Street [between Margaret Street and Kepner Ally].  The congregation relocated to the present location [Third and Peffer Streets] in 1928.  Designed as a Sunday School unit, the building proved so adequate for worship, education and fellowship that the once envisioned sanctuary was never added.

Final disposition:
     The Reily Street building is now [2023] the United House of Prayer for All People church, and the Peffer Street building is now [2023] the New Day International Kingdom Ministries church.


35. Harrisburg Park Street UMC

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Location: 16th and Park Streets
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


36. Harrisburg Plymouth Chapel UB

 

Location: 1100 block of Herr Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the intersection of Herr and Cameron Streets, go west ½ block on Herr Street.  The site is on the right, believed to be approximately where this eatery now stands.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This was a mission extension of Boas Street [i.e., First] UB to this black neighborhood – see Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, pages 199-200: “This congregation opened a new mission in 1873.  Adam K. Fahnestock and wife Elizabeth sold a plot of ground for the nominal sum of one dollar to the trustees of Boas Street Church.  The lot had a frontage on Herr Street of sixty feet, between Eleven and Eleven-and-a-half Street, and extended about 80 feet in depth toward Boas Street [i.e., to the south].  The deed of sale is dated June 28, 1873.  A building was erected in the same year.  It bore the name Plymouth Chapel.  Annual conference officially recognized the mission and left it to the pastoral care of its organizers.  The Chapel was used for mission and Sunday School work until about 1890.  Successors of the [original] trustees, in 1894, sold the property to the trustees of Asbury M.E. Church for $750.”

Final disposition:
    


37. Harrisburg Ridge Avenue ME

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Location: Sixth and Herr Streets
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
      Enter Harrisburg from the west by crossing the Susquehanna River on the Harvey Taylor Bridge, which becomes Forster Street.  Go eat on Forster Street 5 blocks to Commonwealth Avenue.  Turn North on Commonwealth Avenue and go two blocks (after one block, Commonwealth Avenue becomes Sixth Street) to Herr Street.  The site is on the southwest corner of Sixth and Herr Streets.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (until 1872)
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (after 1872)

Journal references:
     1954,129 – $ 59,749.38 from sale of church and parsonage at 219 Emerald
                       proceeds placed in special fund for a new congregation (Harrisburg Calvary)

Brief History:
     In May 1859, local preacher J.C. Young from Locust Street and some of the young men from Vine Street organized a mission in the “Hardscrabble” neighborhood on North Front Street, just south of Broad.  In 1860 the mission moved into a building at Front and Charles Street – but it soon became obvious that a better location was needed.  In 1861 the building of a structure on Ridge Road was authorized.  That frame building was dedicated in March 1862 – on part of the burying ground owned by the Locust Street [now Grace] Church.  The property was eventually deeded to the new congregation, and a brick church was erected on the site in 1880.

            In 1953, expansion of the capitol complex and changing demographics of the area prompted the sale of the property to the Bethel A.M.E. congregation – and funds from the sale were used to finance the building of the present Calvary UMC on Locust Lane in suburban Harrisburg. 

Final disposition:
    The building continued to be a flagship A.M.E. church in the area, used for conferences and special meetings, until it was destroyed by arson in November 1995.  That A.M.E. congregation has since purchased and now occupies the former Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church.  The property is now an empty lot.

 


38. Harrisburg Riverside UMC

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Address: 3200 N. Third Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (after 1919)

Brief History:
    
This congregation came into being May 1, 1907, when St. Mark’s appointed a board of trustees who purchased three lots on the corner of Third and Lewis Streets for a new church.  The congregation met in the Riverside School until their frame building was dedicated January 19, 1908.  The congregation was formally organized with 21 charter members on February 2, 1908.  In April 1956, continued growth prompted the congregation to vote unanimously to erect a new building.  The old structure was demolished, and the congregation met in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church until their building was opened in November of that same year.  The Christian Education building was added in 1965. 

     In 2019, Riverside was one of the two (along with Twenty-ninth Street, which was originally United Brethren) that voted to join the city-wide Impact! Harrisburg project and is now part “The Journey UMC.”  The Riverside building was sold to another congregation.

Final disposition:

 


 

39. Harrisburg Salem EV

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association.

Journal references:

Brief History:
      This congregation was a charter member of the Atlantic (German) Conference and served by that conference from 1876 until it re-entered the East Pennsylvania Conference in 1884.

Final disposition:
    


40. Harrisburg St. Marks UMC
      [Coxestown ME]

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Address: 3985 N. Second Street
Municipality:
Susquehanna township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: Second Street is cut off at I-81 and is not a through street in north Harrisburg.  Go north on Front Street to Parkway Road, the first road north of the interchange with I-81.  Go east one block on Parkway Road.  The church is on the southeast corner of Parkway Road and Second Street.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     2019,168 – discontinued 7/1/2019

Brief History:
     This congregation dates from 1835 when it was the Coxestown appointment on Dauphin circuit.  The land for the original building (pictured above at the right) was given by the Cox family.  The church stood near the present location along River Road [Front Street] between the road and the river.  In 1896 the congregation acquired a parsonage and became a separate charge.  In 1908, as Harrisburg expanded to the north towards Coxestown, they established Harrisburg Riverside as a daughter congregation.  Just before WWI, a larger building was needed.  The church was sawed in half, the back part was moved 12-15 feet toward the river, and the gap was filled in to match the front and back – causing the building to be known for years as the “telescoped church.”  The above picture at the right was taken after the enlargement.
     In 1928 the state widened Front Street, the old building was demolished, and the congregation erected a new structure at the present location.  Over time, membership and attendance dwindled.  The congregation closed in 2019.

Final disposition:

 


 

 

41. Harrisburg Shared Ministry UMC
      [Harrisburg Park Street EV]

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Address:
Municipality:
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:

Journal references:

Brief History:

Final disposition:


42. Harrisburg Sixth Street EV

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


43. Harrisburg Sixth Street UB

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Location: Sixth and Seneca Streets
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     The church is on the southwest corner of Sixth and Seneca Streets

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      The congregation grew out of a Sunday School that began in the summer of 1906 in the old Susquehanna School at Fifth and Seneca Streets.  A congregation was formally organized in February 1907 with 40 charter members.  The congregation continued to meet in the school building until the present structure was dedicated in March 1913.  In 1970 the Sixth Street congregation joined with two former Methodist churches, Trinity and old Paxton, to form the new Paxton United Methodist Church and erect their present structure on North Progress Avenue.

Final disposition:
      The building was sold to the Macedonia Baptist Church.


44. Harrisburg St. Paul's UMC

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Location: 118 Vine Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    In 2006 the building was given to Harris Street UMC to possible use as a community center, but that didn’t develop and the property was sold to St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in 2009.  That congregation ultimately accepted a better offer out of the flood plain at the former Memorial Lutheran Church at 17th and State Streets and put the property up for sale.  The building was flooded again in 2011 and is still (2014) vacant and for sale.


45. Harrisburg State Street UMC

Harrisburg State Street UB

Location: 1801 State Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
    East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1922,17 – ground broken for new church building
     1923,23 – cornerstone laid 10/15/1923
     1924,22 – church building dedicated 1/6/1924
     1986,304 – placed on a two-point charge with Harrisburg First
     1987,169 – served by part-time supply
     1996,199 & 314 – discontinued & declared abandoned
     1997,315 – sold to McCullough Memorial Church

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:


46. Harrisburg Stevens Emmanuel UMC
      [Harrisburg Thirteenth Street ME]
      [Harrisburg Steven's Memorial ME]

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Location: 110 S. Thirteenth Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     The church is on Thirteenth Street, one block north of Derry Street. on the southeast corner of Thirteenth and Vernon Streets

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
    
1886,51 – formerly Grace Mission, chartered 3/5/1886 as Thirteenth Street
     1909,77 – B.F. Stevens Memorial church dedicated 1/24/1909
     2004,107 – Harrisburg Iglesia Emmanuel renamed Stevens Emmanuel
     2004,173 – Stevens Memorial discontinued
     2013,149 – Stevens Emmanuel closed 7/1/2013
     2014,191 – sold to True Word Church for $55,000 9/18/2013

Brief History:
      The first church building here was dedicated in 1873 as Mount Pleasant, and later re-named Thirteenth Street. The name Stevens Memorial was adopted when the present sanctuary was dedicated in 1909. With 1403 members in 1920, Stevens Memorial hosted the annual conference and was the conference’s largest membership church. In 2004 the building was transferred to Stevens Emmanuel UMC, an Hispanic ministry, and in 2013 the church was closed and the building sold.

Final disposition:
    The building was sold to an independent church but later became vacated.


47. Harrisburg Trinity Chapel EA

1875

Location: Broad Street, corner of Fulton
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:

Brief History:
      The congregation was formed in 1874 by the English-speaking members of Salem EA.  The two congregations re-united in 1886 to erect Trinity [aka North Street] EA.  This cornerstone is now on the rea of the educational wing of the Harris Street church.

Final disposition:
    

 


48. Harrisburg Trinity UMC

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Location: 915 North Seventeenth Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     The building is on the east side of 17th Street, 4½ blocks north of State Street or 1½  blocks south of Herr Street and may reached from either of those major east-west streets

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     1970,93 – merged into Harrisburg Paxton

Brief History:
      This congregation began in 1921 with a nucleus of 13 members of Stevens Memorial who lived in the immediate area.  The official charter was granted in 1922, with 140 charter members.  They worshipped in the Fire House until the present building, begun in 1921, was dedicated in 1923.  In 1970, Trinity merged with the Sixth Street (former United Brethren) and the old Paxton (former Methodist) congregations to form the present Paxton UMC on N. Progress Avenue.

Final disposition:
     The property has been sold to the Harris A.M.E. Zion congregation.
    


49. Harrisburg Twenty-Ninth Street UMC

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Address: 750 S. Twenty-ninth Street
Municipality:
city of Harrisburg
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1922,17 – Derry Street UB purchases lot at 29th & Derry for $8,000 to erect a chapel
     1923,23 – cornerstone laid 8/26/1923
     1924,22 – building dedicated 2/10/1924 – without a congregation in place!

Brief History:

Final disposition:

 


50. Heckton UMC

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     2002,550 – all members removed
     2003,288 – abandoned; sale pending
     2004,279 – donated to Fort Hunter Association

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


51. Hoernestown UB

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
    

Journal references:

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


52. Jacobs UMC

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Address: 36 Jacobs Church Road, Powells Valley
Municipality:
Wayne township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     2011,230  discontinued
     2014,191  sold to Isaiah 61 ministries

Brief History:
    
Jacobs (along with Carsonville Trinity, Union and Zion “Stone”) was one of 4 churches on the original Powells Valley charge.  In 1934 Powells Valley and Enders combined to make the United Brethren’s large rural 8-point Enders Powells Valley charge that existed until the 1968 United Methodist Union.

 

 


53. Killinger Jacobs UMC

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Location: Deibler Road
Municipality:
Upper Paxton township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From Millersburg, go east on PA 25 for 2.5 miles to Deibler Road, in the community of Killinger.  Go north on Deibler Road for 100 yards.  The church is on the left.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     2003,288 – abandoned
     2009,340 – sale pending
     2014,191 – sold to Dennis and Georgine Wert

Brief History:
      This building was erected by the Jacob’s congregation of the German Reformed Church in 1844.  The United Brethren purchased the property in 1866.  The name was changed to Killinger’s in 1919 to distinguish it from the Jacob’s Church in Powell’s Valley.  Historically its affiliation has gone back and forth between Millersburg and the Lykens Valley circuit.

Final disposition:
     The property was sold in 2013 for a nominal fee to the adjacent land owners, who had been mowing the church and cemetery property since the church closed in 2002.


54. Lawnton EV

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
    

Journal references:

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


55. Linglestown ME

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

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Final disposition:
    


56. Lochiel ME

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
    

Journal references:

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


57. Loyalton ME

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

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Final disposition:
    


58. Lykens EA

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
    
East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association    

Journal references:
     1905,29 – permission to sell to School Board and relocate
     1908,30 – permission to sell; ½ for parsonage at Wiconisco, ½ to Conference Sinking Fund

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


59. Lykens Grace ME

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Location: Market Street
Municipality:
borough of Lykens
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the square in Lykens, go north 2 blocks on Market Street.  The building is on the northeast corner of Market Street and North Second Street.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Journal references:
    Eastern Conference EUB 1967, 155 – plans for Methodist, EUB, UCC union
    Central PA Conference 1970, 107 – merged into Lykens Otterbein to form Lykens UMC

Brief History:
     This congregation had its start in 1849, when the pastor from Halifax came to hold a funeral service for the victims of a mine fatality.  The pastor was then asked to preach there on a regular basis, and a church building was erected in 1851.  The original structure was replaced by the existing building in 1868, which was significantly renovated in 1947.  On the occasion of the week-long 100th anniversary celebration of the congregation, addresses were given by five bishops and the governor, James Duff, of Pennsylvania.  In 1970, the Lykens Grace and UCC congregations merged into the Lykens Otterbein (former United Brethren) congregation to create the present Lykens United Methodist Church.  The former UCC building became the town library.

Final disposition:
    


60. Lykens Christ UCC

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Location:
Municipality:

County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
    

Journal references:
    Eastern Conference EUB 1967, 155 – plans for Methodist, EUB, UCC union

Brief History:
     

Final disposition:
    


61. Manada Furnace ME

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Location: 545 Ridge Road
Municipality:
East Hanover township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From Fort Hunter, on the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg, go 11 miles east on PA 443 [Fishing Creek Valley Road] to the village of Manada Gap.  At Manada Gap PA 443 becomes Mountain Road.  Continue on PA 443 [Mountain Road] 0.5 miles to Manda Gap Road, at which point  PA 443 bears left.  Continue straight onto Manada Gap Road for 0.5 miles to its terminus at Ridge Road.  The church is on the left, and the cemetery is on the right.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
      The Manada Furnace was built near Manada Gap in 1836.  The building was erected before 1883 and sold to the United Christian denomination in 1849.  The unknown Confederate soldiers are buried in the cemetery.  They are believed to have been prisoners taken after the battle of Gettysburg who were kept at Camp Curtin, released to work at Manada Furnace, and killed in a furnace explosion.

Final disposition:
     The building is now the Manada United Christian Church.  The United Christian Church is a small denomination that separated from the United Brethren Church in 1869.


62. Manada Hill UMC

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Location: PA 39 and Jonestown Road
Municipality:
West Hanover township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the interchange of I-81 and PA 39, go 100 yards southeast on PA 39 to Jonestown Road.  The church stood on the northwest corner of PA39 and Jonestown Road.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1909,10 – building erected at cost of $1,000
     1953,79 – permission to excavate basement, move building and add a wing
     2004,173 – discontinued
     2005,365; 2006,338 – sale pending

Brief History:
      This congregation grew out of Union Sunday School which met in a mill – about ½ mile east, where the Jonestown road crosses Manada creek.  A United Brethren appointment was organized in 1904 and added to Grantville circuit.  In 1909 the Pleasant Grove Union Chapel in Fishing Creek Valley was dismantled and moved to the present site.  In 1954 the building was moved to a new foundation on the center of the lot, a wing was added on the south, and a basement was placed under the entire structure.  Over the years the membership gradually dwindled and a closing service and celebration of ministry was held November 23, 2003.

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63. Mandata EV

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64. Matamoras ME

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65. Matamoras UB

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66. Middletown New Thing UMC

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Address: 2285 W. Harrisburg Pike
Municipality:
Lower Swatara township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church

Journal references:
     2020,179 – closed 1/1/2020

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67. Middletown Riverside Chapel UMC

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Dauphin
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Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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68. Millersburg EV

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Location: Moore Street
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County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

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Historic Conference:
    
East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:
     1897,20 – permission to borrow money, collect on Williamsport District, purchase a lot, and erect a chapel
     1905,31 – work abandoned, Church Building Society mortgage needs to be addressed
     1906,32 – “whole matter” referred to Litigation Committee
     1907,31 – permission to sell parsonage; proceeds to pay litigation and purchase parsonage in Elizabethville

Brief History:
     This building was erected by the Evangelical Association after they had initially “given up” in Millersburg and sold their original structure to the United Evangelicals.  The congregation did not survive to the 1922 denominational re-union.

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69. Motter's ME
      Motter's [aka Matter’s] UB

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Location: US 209
Municipality:
Washington township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    The property is on US 209, 0.75 miles east of Elizabethville, on the north side of the highway.

Historic Conference:
    Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
    East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     East PA Conference 1916,19 – trustees elected to dispose of the Matter property
     East PA Conference 1920,5 – proceeds from sale of building and contents to Elizabethville for endowment for upkeep of the Matter cemetery
     Eastern Conference 1967,295 – Matter cemetery fund

Brief History:
   
This is believed to be the site at which the first Methodist building in upper Dauphin County was erected in 1814.   Henry Kuntzelman Sr, a German-speaking Methodist local preacher, was the owner of the land.  In 1834 he deeded the property to trustees [John Motter Jr, Isaac Motter, Henry Kuntzelman Jr] "legally elected and appointed by the Methodists and United Brethren congregations in union."  In 1863 the United Brethren purchased a lot adjoining this property to the west and erected a separate building.  Eventually both congregation relocated to the Elizabethville-Cross Roads [aka Washington Square] area, the Methodists in 1871 and the united Brethren in 1873, and preaching was discontinued at the Motter locations.

Final disposition:
    The United Brethren sold their building in 1919 for $250, minus the bell and the stoves, and the funds were turned over to the Elizabethville congregation for upkeep of the4 cemetery.


70. Oakdale ME

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Location: Rakers Mill Road
Municipality:
Washington township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the town of Loyalton, go west 0.6 miles on US 209 to Rakers Mill Road.  Go north 100 yards on Rakers Mill Road.  The site is on the right.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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Brief History:
      This frame church was built in 1852, mainly to serve workers of the nearby iron works located along Wiconisco Creek.  When the iron works were partially destroyed by a flash flood about 1870, most of the workers moved away and the church never recovered.  By 1883 there was no longer regular preaching.

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71. Oakdale Zion EV

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Location: Rakers Mill Road
Municipality:
Washington township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the town of Loyalton, go west 0.6 miles on US 209 to Rakers Mill Road.  Go north 1 mile on Rakers Mill Road.  The site is on the left.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:
     Eastern Conference EUB 1969, 124 – discontinued as of 7/1/1969; assets to conference trustees and members to Elizabethville Trinity

Brief History:
      This congregation began as people met for prayer meetings in private homes in the area.  The church building was dedicated on Christmas Day, 1859.  By 1895, the building was showing its age and the area population was concentrated at Loyalton rather than Oakdale.  In 1897 an Evangelical Association church was erected at Loyalton, and Zion became the “weaker sister.”  In 1969 the Zion congregation merged into Loyalton.

Final disposition:
     In 1973 the property was sold to the Maple Grove Cemetery Association.


72. Paxton ME

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Location: Paxton Church Road
Municipality:
Susquehanna township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     From the Harrisburg interchange of I-81 with Progress Avenue, go north 1 mile on Progress Avenue to Paxton Church Road.  Go west 1 mile on Paxton Church Road.  The building is on the left.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:
     Central PA Conference 1970, 93 – received the members of Harrisburg Trinity and 6th Street
     Central PA Conference 1974, 89 – relocated to 3550 Progress Avenue

Brief History:
      This structure was erected in 1860 by local Methodists who organized a society, purchased ground and constructed the building with mostly volunteered materials and labor.  In 1970, this rural but fastly becoming suburban congregation received the members of Harrisburg Trinity (former Methodist) and Harrisburg Sixth Street (former United Brethren) and erected a new building on Progress Avenue, just north of Paxton Church Road, which they occupied in 1974.

Final disposition:
    The building now houses and independent congregation.


73. Penbrook Grace UMC

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Address: 25 S. Twenty-eighth Street
Municipality:
borough of Penbrook
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
    
1923,23 – new building dedicated 9/9/1923

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74. Penbrook Trinity UMC

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Address: 3 N. Twenty-fifth Street
Municipality:
borough of Penbrook
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Journal references:
     2019,168 – discontinued 7/1/2019

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75. Peters Mountain EV

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Location: PA 325
Municipality:
Rush township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     The building stood about 1 mile south of Tower City at the foot of Peter’s Mountain on the north side of PA 325.  There is reportedly still a graveyard at the site.  The 1875 Dauphin County atlas indicates a church/cemetery in Rush township on the north side of the road.  There is a “Whittall Graveyard, McAllister Cemetery” on Teabury Lane, off PA 325 to the north, which appears to be the only cemetery in the township – this may or may not be the site.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

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Brief History:
      This was a small log and frame building.  The property was reportedly sold to a Mr. Reuben Berger, and in 1872 the congregation built the Evangelical church ion Tower City.

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76. Pillow EA

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Location: 155 S. Union Street
Municipality:
borough of Pillow
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Union Street is the old road from Berrysburg that passes through the square.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:
    1905,31 – receive ½ proceeds from sale of Herndon church
    1924,126 – parsonage sold, funds to remodel this “old Evangelical landmark”

Brief History:
     The appointment was discontinued in 1934.

Final disposition:
     The building now houses a congregation of the God’s Missionary Church denomination, which purchased the property about 1934 for $900 – after renting the former United Brethren building two blocks to the east.

 


77. Pillow UE

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Location: Market Street
Municipality:
borough of Pillow
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     This site was a few lots east of the square on the north side of the street.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

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Final disposition:
     This became an Evangelical Congregational church after the 1922 re-merger and was active into the 1970’s.  The building is no longer standing.
    


78. Pillow UB

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Location: S. Chestnut Street
Municipality:
borough of Pillow
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     Chestnut Street is PA 225.  The site is 1.5 blocks south of Market Street on the west side of the street.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1973,204 – sold to John L. Reed for $400 [not completed]
     1975,119 – sold to John L. Reed for $1100

Brief History:
     This property was purchased June 15, 1848.  A church building was erected that year and replaced by a new structure in 1886.  In 1873 the appointment was placed on the Lykens Valley Circuit – where it was still list, but with no statistics, at late as 1921.  See Gibble’s 1951 History of the East Pennsylvania Conference, page 270, for more details.
      The building was used by the United Brethren until the late 1920’s.  About 1930 it was rented to Rev. William Straub and Rev. Daniel W, Dubendorf for holiness meetings that led to the formation of the God’s Missionary Church denomination – and they later purchased the old Evangelical Association building two blocks to the west.  In 1952 the building was moved to a rural location and “shortened” from its original height.  The Conference continued owning the lot until the 1970’s.  There are tombstones flattened into the ground at the rear of the property.

Final disposition:
     The intended 1973 sale of the property was never carried out because the Conference could not locate a clear deed.  The Reeds lived on the south side of the property.  The neighbor on the north side of the property located the deed and then offered $1000 for the lot.  The Reeds, as the original persons interested in the property, then offered $1100 and the sale was completed.
    

 


79. Raysors UB

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80. Reigles EV

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81. Reigles [aka Riegles] UB

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Location: PA 25
Municipality:
Mifflin township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     The church is on PA 25, 3 miles west of Berrysburg, on the north side of the road.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1909, 10 – building erected at a cost of $5000
     1910,7 – new church built and dedicated at Riegel’s [sic] on the Lykens circuit

Brief History:
     This land was purchased by the United Brethren, for the purpose of erecting a church building, from Benjamin and Catherine Reigle on August 4, 1844.  That first structure was razed and replaced by the present larger edifice in 1909.  Arthur S. Lehman (1878-1936) and Walter E. Diebler (1895-1976) are ministerial sons of this congregation.

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82. Rockville ME

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83. Royalton Emmanuel UMC

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Address: 500 Penn Street
Municipality:
borough of Royalton
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

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Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

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84. Rutherford Christ UMC

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Address: 6570 Mifflin Avenue, community of Rutherford Heights
Municipality:
Swatara township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:
     Go east out of Harrisburg on Derry Street to 67th Street. Go north on 67th Street about 9 blocks (through a round-about and through a jog to the west at Evelyn Street) to Mifflin Avenue.  Go 1.5 blocks east on Mifflin Avenue.  The church is on the north side of the street.

Historic Conference:
     Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Church

Journal references:
  
  2007,219 – merged into Colonial Park, which was then re-named Harrisburg CrossPoint

Brief History:
    
This congregation was organized as a Methodist congregation in 1964 by Harold E. Millard as Christ Church.  In 2007 the property became part of the multi-site CrossPoint church.  When the multi-site vision was not sustainable, the property was sold.

Final disposition:
    
The property was sold May 20, 2021, for $225,000 to the Bhutanese Nepali Evangelical Church.


85. Rutherford Heights Trinity UE

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Location: 165 N.67th Street, community of Rutherford Heights
Municipality:
Swatara township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania of the United Evangelical Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
       The work here began in 1908 when area residents gathered together to form a Sunday School.  In 1909 they agreed to become a United Evangelical church.  This congregation remained out of the 1922 denominational reunion and became part of the Evangelical Congregational denomination, known today as Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church.

 

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86. St. Paul’s UB

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Dauphin
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PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     Eastern Conference 1967, 161 – permission to discontinue
     Eastern Conference 1969, 124 – discontinued as of 7/1/1969; assets to conference trustees and members to Ender’s Powell’s Valley charge

Brief History:
          St. Paul’s (along with Enders Salem, Halifax Ebenezer and Fisherville Grace) was one of 4 churches on the original Enders charge.  In 1934 Enders and Powells Valley combined to make the United Brethren’s large rural 8-point Enders Powells Valley charge that existed until the 1968 United Methodist Union.

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87. St. Paul’s UB

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Dauphin
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East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church
    

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88. Shellsville EV

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89. Sheridan ME

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90. South Hanover Campus: The Perking Point
  CrossPoint UMC

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Address: 257 Hershey Road
Municipality:
South Hanover township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church

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91. Steelton First UMC

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Location: 300 Pine Street
Municipality:
borough of Steelton
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
      Exit Harrisburg going South on Cameron Street [PA 230].  From the intersection of Cameron and Paxton Streets [PA 230 & PA 441] go south on Cameron Street [PA 230] about 3 miles into the borough of Steelton, where it becomes Front Street.  Turn east onto Pine Street (just before the Turkey Hill on the right) and go 4 blocks.  The building is on the southeast corner of 4th and Pine Streets.

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Church

Journal references:
     1977,196 – placed on a charge with Steelton Grace (former EV)
     1993,218 – merged into Steelton Centenary (former (UB)
     1994,350 – building sold to Grace Temple Church of God

Brief History:
     This congregation was organized by the members of Vine Street [Harrisburg St. Paul’s] in 1867.  Worship was held in the large dining room of the General Boarding House until a one-story church building was completed in 1869 between the canal and the Pennsylvania Railroad on land leased from the Pennsylvania Steel Company.  In 1877 the steel company wanted the land and paid to move the structure to Front and Pine Streets, where it was used to form the second floor of a two-story building.  The present building at 4th and Pine Streets was dedicated by Bishop Joseph Berry on April 27, 1913.

Final disposition:
    The building currently houses Grace Temple Church of the Living God, an independent Pentecostal church. 


92. Steelton Grace UMC

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Location: 219 Locust Street
Municipality:
borough of Steelton
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church

Journal references:
    
1995,220/334 – merged into Steelton Centenary/entered discontinued list
     1996,315 – sold to AME denomination

Brief History:
      Kelker’s 1907 History of Dauphin County, page 225, states that the United Evangelical congregation here “worships is a frame structure erected several years ago.”  Apparently the congregation split over disagreements about the 1922 re-merger of the United Evangelical Church and Evangelical Association, and each group went its own way.  Those joining re-merger erected this building in 1923 and became Grace Evangelical Church.  In 1995, Grace merged into Steelton Centenary (former United Brethren).

Final disposition:
     This building was sold to the Abba AME Zion congregation in 1995 for $4000.

 


 

93. Troutmans EV

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Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association
    

Journal references:
     1898,19 – ratify sale of building; proceeds to repairs at Pillow

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94. Union UB

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Location: Powells Valley
Municipality:
Wayne township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
     Union (along with Carsonville Trinity, Jacobs and Zion “Stone”) was one of 4 churches on the original Powells Valley charge.  In 1934 Powells Valley and Enders combined to make the United Brethren’s large rural 8-point Enders Powells Valley charge that existed until the 1968 United Methodist Union.

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95. West Steelton UB

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County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
     1889 (Feb), 42 a lot was purchased in West Steelton for $900.

Brief History:
     In 1885, a mission Sunday School was organized by Steelton Centenary, meeting in Rheeling’s Hall in West Steelton.  In 1886, the conference authorized that a mission station be established in West Steelton, but it failed to make a pastoral appointment.  In 1889 the Conference Mission Society purchased a lot, paying $200 on the $900 purchase price, “with a view to build a chapel whenever circumstances will favor such an enterprise.”  As there are no further conference records concerning this venture, it is assumed that the project was dropped.
     The locations of Rheeling’s Hall and/or the UB property are not known – but there was a section in the low land west of Steelton called Ewington that was annexed into Steelton in 1882, and one of the petitioners for the annexation was a Mr. C.F. Rheeling who kept a general merchandise store.

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96. Wiconisco Grace UE

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Location: 505 Pottsville Street, town of Wiconisco
Municipality:
Wiconisco township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

Journal references:
    

Brief History:
      After the 1894 split in the Evangelical Association, the United Evangelicals eventually formed their own congregations of Williamstown Ebenezer, Wiconisco Grace and Dayton St. Paul's. These churches remained outside the 1922 re-union and became part of the Evangelical Congregational denomination.  In Wiconisco the EC congregation has relocated and is now Faith Evangelical Congregational Church at 543 Center Street.

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97. Wiconisco Wesley UMC

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Address: 329 Pottsville Street, town of Wiconisco
Municipality:
Wiconisco township
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:

Historic Conference:
     Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal references:

Brief History:
    
On December 29, 2019, Wesley UMC of Wiconisco merged into Immanuel UMC of Loyalton to form the Loyalton Immanuel/Wesley UMC.

Final disposition:

 

 


98. Williamstown Seybert EA

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Location: Market Street
Municipality:
borough of Williamstown
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
    

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association

Journal references:
   
1971,97 – merged into Williamstown First (former Methodist) to form Williamstown UMC

Brief History:
      The Seybert Evangelical Church had the distinction of being the first church in town. Its role in the religious development of the community is unique because all denominations held services there.  They paid a token of $1.00 a service to the Evangelical Association.  The Church was erected 1869-1870.  In 1971 the Seybert (former EV) and West Street (former UB) and East (former Methodist) congregations united to form the Williamstown UMC, meeting in the former Methodist building.

Final disposition:
     The building now houses a grocery store.
    

 


99. Williamstown Ebenezer UE

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Location: 332 W. Market Street
Municipality:
borough of Williamstown
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions:  

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

Journal references:


Brief History:
            After the 1894 split in the Evangelical Association, the United Evangelicals eventually formed their own congregations of Williamstown Ebenezer, Wiconisco Grace and Dayton St. Paul's. These churches remained outside the 1922 re-union and became part of the Evangelical Congregational denomination.

Final disposition:
     This building is now the Ebenezer Evangelical Congregational Church.

 


100. Williamstown West Street UB

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Location: West Street
Municipality:
borough of Williamstown
County:
Dauphin
State:
PA

Directions: 
     West Street crosses Market Street near the center of town, one block west of East Street.  The building is 1½ blocks north of Market Street on the east side of the street.

Historic Conference:
     East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church

Journal references:
   
1971,97 – merged into Williamstown East (former Methodist) to form Williamstown UMC

Brief History:
      This congregation began as a preaching point on the Lykens circuit.  Meetings were held in a small building near the present site, and later in the Evangelical church, until a small frame church building was erected in 1877.  The original structure was enlarged in 1931.  A significant brick addition and a brick veneer of the rest of the structure was completed in 1942.   In 1971 the Seybert (former EV) and West Street (former UB) and East (former Methodist) congregations united to form the Williamstown UMC, meeting in the former Methodist building.

Final disposition:
     The building now houses a sewing factory. 


101. Zartman EV

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102. Zion UE

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Dauphin
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      East Pennsylvania Conference of the United Evangelical Church

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Brief History:
       This church began in 1850 as a Sunday School meeting in the Red Bridge schoolhouse.  An Evangelical Association congregation was formally organized in 1860, and a church building was erected in 1863.  The congregation became United Evangelical during the denominational split and remained out of the 1922 reunion to become part of the Evangelical Congregational denomination.  The building was damaged beyond repair by hurricane Hazel in 1954 and a new building was erected on McKelvey Road in 1958.  In 1972 hurricane Agnes rendered unusable the Clarks Valley EC Church (erected in 1930 on Clarks Valley Road, and never a part of one of United Methodism’s predecessor bodies) and Clarks Valley and Zion united to become the Clarks Valley Zion Evangelical Congregational Church.

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