Huntingdon County

 

These are the postcards related to United Methodism in Huntingdon 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

 

 

Alexandria ME

 

            This building is now Hope UM Church.

 

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Dudley ME

 

            This building is now Dudley UM Church.

           

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Greene Hills

 

            This property is now Greene Hills Camp of the UM Church.

 

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Huntingdon church collage

 

            First ME, now First UM Church, is at the upper right.

 

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Huntingdon Fifteenth Street ME interior

 

            This building is now Fifteenth Street UM Church.

 

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Huntingdon First ME view #1

 

            This building burned and was replaced by the present First UM Church.

 

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Huntingdon First ME view #2

 

            This building burned and was replaced by the present First UM Church.

 

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Huntingdon First ME view #3

 

            This building burned and was replaced by the present First UM Church.

 

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Huntingdon First ME view #4

 

            This building is now First UM Church.

 

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Huntingdon First ME view #5

 

            This building is now First UM Church.

 

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Huntingdon Second ME

 

            This building is now Fifteenth Street UM Church.

 

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Mapleton ME view #1

 

This building is now Grace UM Church.

 

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Mapleton ME view #2

 

This building is now Grace UM Church.

 

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Mapleton ME view #3

 

This building is now Grace UM Church.

 

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Mapleton UB

 

            This building is now Trinity UM Church.

 

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Mount Union ME

 

            The ME church is the tall structure in the middle.

This building was replaced by the present First UM Church.

 

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Mount Union ME church and parsonage

 

            The church building at the right was replaced by the present First UM Church.

            The parsonage at the left is still standing.

 

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Saltillo ME

 

            This building, later Saltillo UM Church, is still standing, but it has been sold.

 

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Singers Gap ME

 

            This building was replaced by the present Singers Gap UM Church.

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Warriors Mark ME

 

            This building is now Warriors Mark UM Church.

 

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