Centre County
These
are the postcards related to United Methodism in Centre County PA that are in
the postcard collection at the archives of the Susquehanna Conference of the
United Methodist Church. The Susquehanna
Conference covers 32 counties in central and northeast Pennsylvania. The archives of the Susquehanna Conference
are located at Lycoming College in Williamsport PA.
United
Methodism includes the following denominations, abbreviated as shown.
EA – Evangelical Association
EUB – Evangelical United Brethren Church
EV – Evangelical Church
MC – Methodist Church
ME – Methodist Episcopal Church
MES – Methodist Episcopal Church, South
MP – Methodist Protestant Church
UB – United Brethren Church
UE – United Evangelical Church
UM – United Methodist Church
1922:
The EA and UE denominations united to form the EV denomination.
1939:
The ME and MES and MP denominations united to form the MC denomination.
1946:
The UB and EV denominations united to form the EUB denomination.
1968:
The EUB and MC denominations united to form the UM denomination.
In
addition, United Methodism produced the following separate denominations,
created by congregations that left one of the above denominations. Relevant postcards from these denominations
are included in the collection.
EC – Evangelical Congregational Church,
left the UE in 1922
ECNA – Evangelical Church of North America
[now the Evangelical Church], left the EUB in 1968
UBOC – United Brethren Old Constitution
Church, left the UB in 1889
UC – United Christian Church, left the UB
in 1869
Bellefonte town churches
The EV Church is at the middle
right. This building is still standing,
but it has been sold.
The ME Church is at the upper
left. This building is now Trinity UM
Church.
The UB Church is at the middle
left. This building is no longer
standing.
Bellefonte EV interior
This building is still standing, but
it has been sold.
Bellefonte ME view #1
This building is now Trinity UM
Church.
Bellefonte ME view #2
This building is now Trinity UM
Church.
Bellefonte UB
This building burned and is no
longer standing.
The congregation relocated to a
mansion house.
Bellefonte UB
This building is still standing, but
has been sold.
This is the mansion house which the
congregation used after a fire at the former site.
Brush Valley EV #1
Christopher Spangler home..
Brush Valley EV #2
Indian block house by Christopher
Spangler home.
Centre Hall UE
This building still stands, but it
was sold and has been converted into a store.
Fleming ME [see Unionville ME]
Houserville UB charge
Houserville
is at the upper left. This building is
now Houserville UM Church.
Valley View is at the upper
right. This building is now Valley View
UM Church.
Julian is at the lower right. This building became Faith UM Church, but it
is no longer standing.
Paradise is at the lower left. This building is no longer standing.
Howard
EV view #1
This building became St. John’s UM
Church.
This building still stands, but it
was sold to the Historical Society.
Howard EV view #2
This building became St. John’s UM
Church.
This building still stands, but it
was sold to the Historical Society.
Howard ME
This building is now Howard UM
Church.
Intersection [Snow Shoe Intersection] EV [see Wingate EV]
Paradise
[aka Musser’s] EV
This is the site of the historic
1839 General Conference of the Evangelical Association.
This building is no longer standing.
The
property is owned by St. Luke’s UM Church in Millheim.
Philipsburg ME view #1
This building is now Trinity UM
Church.
Philipsburg ME view #2
This building is now Trinity UM
Church.
Philipsburg UB Church
This building is now Grace UM
Church.
Pleasant Gap town view
The ME church is not identifiable at
this distance.
Pleasant Gap ME
This building has been replaced by a
newer structure.
Runville UB
This congregation is now Runville UMC.
Snow Shoe ME
This building is now Snow Shoe UM
Church.
State College ME view #1
This building is now St. Paul’s UM
Church.
State College ME view #2
This building is now St. Paul’s UM
Church.
State College ME view #3
This building is now St. Paul’s UM
Church.
State College ME view #4
This building is now St. Paul’s UM
Church.
Unionville [aka Fleming] ME
This building is still standing, but
the congregation merged into Bald Eaglle Valley
Community UM Church.
Wingate [aka Snow Shoe Intersection] EV
view #1
This building is still standing.
This building is now part of the
Bald Eagle Valley Community UM Church complex.
Wingate [aka Snow Shoe Intersection] EV
view #2
This building is still standing.
This building is now part of the
Bald Eagle Valley Community UM Church complex.
Yarnell UB
This building is now Yarnell UM Church.
