Potter County
These
are the postcards related to United Methodism in Potter 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
Austin town view
The ME steeple is in the middle of
the picture, the rightmost of the steeples in the picture.
Austin town churches
The ME church is the one in the
middle.
Austin pre-1911 ME
This building was destroyed in the
1911 flood.
Austin pre-1911 ME church and parsonage
These buildings were destroyed in
the 1911 flood.
Austin post-1911 ME church and parsonage
These building are now the Austin UM
church and parsonage.
Coudersport Park ME view #1
This building is now Park UM Church.
Coudersport Park ME view #2
This building is now Park UM Church.
Coudersport Park ME view #3
This building is now Park UM Church.
Galeton old building view #1
This building was replaced by a
newer structure.
Galeton old building view #2
This building was replaced by a
newer structure.
Galeton old building view #3
This building was replaced by a
newer structure.
Galeton old building view #4
This building was replaced by a
newer structure.
Galeton old building view #5
This building was replaced by a newer
structure.
Galeton new building
This building, later Galeton UM, has been razed.
The
congregation merged and relocated.
Galeton ME parsonage
This house is still standing, but is
no longer the parsonage.
Genesee ME
This building is now Genesee UM
Church.
Harrison Valley ME church and parsonage
view #1
The church building no longer
exists.
The house to the right is still
standing but is no longer a parsonage.
Harrison Valley ME church and parsonage
view #2
The church building no longer
exists.
The house to the right is still
standing but is no longer a parsonage.
Harrison Valley ME church and parsonage
view #2
The church building no longer
exists.
The house to the right is still
standing but is no longer a parsonage.
Mills ME view #1
This building is no longer
affiliated with the denomination.
Mills ME view #2
This building is no longer
affiliated with the denomination.
Roulette ME view #1
This building is now Riverside UM
Church.
Roulette ME view #2
This building is now Riverside UM
Church.
Sunderlinville ME
We have two versions of this view:
the one shown, and a smaller cropped version pasted on
a postcard.
Part of this building is gone; the
remaining part is in ruin.
Ulysses ME
This building is now Ulysses UM
Church.
