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SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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TIOGA COUNTY PA
Alder Run ME
[no picture]
Location: Alder Run Road
Municipality: Jackson Township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Millerton, go south on PA 328 1 mile to Alder Run
Road. Turn west on Alder Run Road and go
2 miles. The church stood on the north
side of Alder Run Road, between Picnic Grove Road and Fisher Road
Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This church was part of the Millerton
charge. When the congregation dwindled,
the building was sold about 1890 to the Mitchell’s Mills Grange #912 of the
Patrons of Husbandry.
Final disposition:
Ansonia ME
Location: US 6, village of Ansonia
Municipality: Shippen township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Ansonia is on US 6, 9 miles west of Wellsboro. The church stood on the northwest corner of
the intersection of US 6 and March Creek Road.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This building was erected in 1838 as a
Presbyterian house of worship by William E. Dodge of the Phelps-Dodge Lumber
Company. The community was then named
Manchester, and the name was changed to Ansonia in 1876 to honor Dodge’s
partner Anson Phelps. The building
later became Methodist, then Christian and Missionary Alliance, and the “King
James Bible Baptist” Church. The
structure is now deserted.
Final disposition:
Asaph ME
Address: village of Asaph
Municipality: Shippen township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
The village of Asaph is just north off US 6, 2
miles east of the intersection with PA 362 at Ansonia. Go north 100 yards on Crossover Road, east
200 yards on Marsh Run Road, north 50 yards on Asaph
Run Road. The church is on the right,
nest to the township building.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This building was built as
a private home by John Stover in 1901.
In 1909 it was sold to the church for $450, with the front part used for
services and the back part still used as a residence. In the late 1920’s the structure was turned
around, placed over a basement, and converted into a true church building. The appointment was on a charge with Gaines,
Galeton and Marshland – until those three united to erect the present Pine
Creek Valley UMC.
Final disposition:
Beuters EV
Location: Beuters Road
Municipality: Liberty township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the intersection of US 15 and PA 414 outside the
town of Liberty, go 2 miles west on PA 414 to Beueters
Road. Turn north onto Beuters Road and go 1 mile.
The church is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical
Church
Journal references:
1999,217 merged into Liberty First
Brief History:
John Seybert
established the Evangelical work among the German-speaking people in this area
in 1830. The Liberty charge had five
church buildings: Beuters and Liberty and Nauvoo in Tioga County,
and Buttonwood and Oregon Hill in Lycoming County. The building at Beuters
was erect about 1910. The congregation
merged into Liberty in 1999.
Final disposition:
Blackwell ME
Location: PA 414, village of Blackwell
Municipality: Morris township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go 12 miles south on PA 287 to PA 414
and the town of Morris. Turn west on PA
414 and go 5 miles to the village of Blackwell.
The church is on the right as you enter the village.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This appointment is sometimes referred to
Lloyd, after the name of the post office.
The Blackwell family that founded the community were
reported to have come from England, where they were friends of John and Charles
Wesley. The Methodist class here was
organized about 1859 and met in the school house until the church building was
dedicated October 23, 1892. The
congregation was always part of the Morris [once known as Hoytville]
charge and merged into the Morris congregation in 2000.
Final disposition:
The
building and property were transferred to the Blackwell Church Preservation
Society on October 6, 2005, for the sum of $1.00.
Catlin Hollow ME
Location: Catlin Hollow Road
Municipality: Charleston township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Catlin Hollow Road goes east off from PA 287 between
Niles Valley and Middlebury. The church
is about 2.5 miles south of Niles Valley, on the west side of the road, across
from the cemetery.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1972,99 discontinued
1973,204
sold
Brief History:
The first building was erected in 1854 as a
union Methodist and Baptist church. It
is believed that the building pictured above and sold in 1972 was the
congregation’s second edifice.
Final disposition:
Cherry Flats ME
Location: community of Cherry Flats, midway between
Covington and Wellsboro
Municipality: Covington township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1932,24
– declared “extinct and abandoned”; committee appointed to negotiate sale of
the property
Brief History:
This class was formed about 1867,
incorporated in 1877, and erected a church building in 1878. It was always part of the East Charleston
[aka Whitneyville] charge.
Final disposition:
Clymer ME
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Location:
Municipality: Clymer township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
The exact site of the church building has not been
determined.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This class was organized about 1853, and
erected a house of worship in 1856. The
structure was formally dedicated December 17, 1859. A new church building was erected in 1888 and
dedicated December 18 of that year. That
structure was destroyed by fire December 9, 1893, and was never rebuilt. The church was on a two-point charge with
Westfield, and following the fire most of the members united with Westfield.
Final disposition:
Dexter ME
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Location: PA 660, community of Dexter
Municipality: Delmar township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go 6 miles west on PA 660. The church is on the left, as PA 660
intersects with Airport Road and makes a turn to the left.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This congregation was organized in
1864. Meetings were
held in the school house and with the Middle Ridge church until the present
building was erected in 1894. The
appointment was served with Ansonia and Middle Ridge.
Final disposition:
The
building and property were conveyed to the Dexter Baptist Church in 1960. In 2007 the Dexter Baptist Church erected a
new structure and sold this property.
Dixie Run ME
Location: PA 414
Municipality: Morris township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go 12 miles south
on PA 287 to PA 414 and the town of Morris.
Turn west on PA 414 and go 3 miles to the community of Dixie Run.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The Dixie Run Camp Meeting was instituted
about 1890 and was typically very well-attended during its annual three-week
run. In 1892 a congregation was
organized at Dixie Run, but they never had a church building and worshiped in
the Dixie Run school house. The camp
meeting ceased about 1900, but the grounds continued to be used for picnics and
reunions. By 1912 the buildings had
fallen into complete disrepair and the camp meeting grounds were abandoned. The Dixie Run congregation was served in
connection with Blackwell.
Final disposition:
East Point EV
Location: PA 414, community of East Point
Municipality: Liberty township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the intersection of US 15
and PA 414 outside the town of Liberty, go 5 miles east on PA 414 to East
Point. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical
Association
Journal references:
Brief History:
This building was erected in 1870. The congregation divided during the 1894-1922
denominational split, and those siding with the United Evangelicals erected a
new structure a few hundred yards to the east.
This congregation did not survive, and the former United Evangelical
congregation is now th East
Point United Methodist Church.
Final disposition:
Elk Run ME
Location: Elk Run Road
Municipality: Sullivan township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Mainesburg, go 4 miles east on US 6 to Elk Run Road. Turn north onto Elk Run Road and go 2
miles. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central New
York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1991,222/378 declared abandoned
1992,353/356 sold
Brief History:
The class was organized about 1860, was
incorporated in February 1864, and erected the existing building later that
summer. The appointment was always part
of the Mainesburg charge.
Final disposition:
The
property was sold in 1992 to the Endless Mountain Mission.
Farmington
ME
[a.k.a West Farmington]
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Location: near Farmington Center, in the west part of the
township
Municipality: Farmington township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
The exact site of the church building has not been
determined. This 1897 county history
describes it as “in the valley of Thorn Bottom Creek.”
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1933,242 – declared “extinct and
abandoned”; committee appointed to negotiate sale of the property
1935,663 – proceeds allocated to district
superintendent
Brief History:
This church is also known
as the Pleasant Valley Church. This class was organized
in November 1883, and a church was erected that same year on land purchased
from Simon Cady. It was
on the Osceola charge.
Final disposition:
Farmington Hill ME
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Location: near Farmington Hill, in the east part of the
township
Municipality: Farmington township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
The exact site of the building has not been
determined.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1931,622 – declared “extinct”; conference
trustees authorized to sell the property
Brief History:
This class was organized about 1845 and held
classes in a log school house until erecting a church building in 1852. The church was on the Tioga charge.
Final disposition:
Gaines ME
Location: US 6, village of Gaines
Municipality: Gaines township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go west 15 miles on US 6 to the
village of Gaines. The site of the first
church and the parsonage (still standing, but no longer a parsonage) is on the
north side of US 6 on the eastern edge of the village. The site of the second church is about 0.5
miles west in the center of the village, on the south side of US 6, across from
where PA 349 goes off to the north.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The first church building, on the right, was
erected in 1868, and the parsonage to the left of it was built in 1883. This church structure burned in 1918. The congregation rebuilt in the center of
town, on the foundation of a former liquor store, and worship was held in the
IOOF Hall during the construction. In
1987 the Gaines, Galeton and Marshland congregations united to erect the
present Pine Creek Valley United Methodist Church.
Final disposition:
Lamb's Creek ME
Location: Lambs Creek Road
Municipality: Richmond township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the square in Mansfield, go west on US 6 a few
blocks to Lambs Creek Road – which is the first road to the north after
crossing the Tioga River. Proceed north
to the site of village of Lambs Creek, which village no longer exists. The building originally stood on the site
pictured above at the left. [Turn east off Lambs Creek Road when it curves
left, cross the Tioga River and come to a T.
The main traffic turns left. The
church stood on the left, where the traffic turns left. There was once a village here.] The church building was moved further away
from Mansfield to 4039 Lambs Creek Road, pictured above at the right, and is
now the Lambs Creek Bible Church.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This class was organized in February 1883
and dedicated their church building April 28, 1884.
Final disposition:
Lawrence's Corners ME
Location: Lawrence Corners
Municipality: Rutland township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Lawrence Corners is 3 miles west of Roseville, on PA
549, where PA 549 swings to the south.
Turn right onto Bailey Creek Road and then left onto Mill Creek
Road. The church is believed to have
stood off to the left, down near Mill Creek, behind the property pictured at
the left. The 1948 picture at the right
shows, in the background, the only known photograph of the building.
Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Journal references:
Brief History:
This class was organized in 1860 and erected
a church building in 1865. It was served
in connection with the Rutland church.
Final disposition:
Leetonia ME
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Location: village of Leetonia
Municipality: Elk township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go 12 miles south on PA 287 to
PA 414 and the town of Morris. Turn west
on PA 414 and go 9 miles, almost to the village of Cedar Run. Turn right onto Leetonia Road and go six
miles to the village of Leetonia.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Journal references:
Brief History:
This congregation was organized in
1879. They never had a church building,
and they worshiped in the public school building. A similar situation but less-enduring existed
in the nearby community of North Elk, where a class met for several years
before organizing as a congregation in 1895 and meeting in the Schanbacher school house.
While the North Elk congregation ceased to exist in the early 1900’s.
Leetonia continued until about 1920.
Final disposition:
Liberty EA
Location: Blockhouse Road
Municipality: borough of Liberty
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Blockhouse Road is the old US 15. This site is about 0.5 miles south of the intersection
with PA 414, on the west side of the road.
The church stood to the right of the existing B&D trucking garage,
and there is an overgrown cemetery in the wooded lot.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association
Journal references:
East Pennsylvania Conference of the
Evangelical Association
1907,31 – building “torn down and removed to another point on
the charge”
1908,28 – building moved to “South
Union”
1908,28 – authorization to sell lot
& adjoining cemetery
Brief History:
This congregation was organized in 1830 by
John Seybert.
The church building pictured above at the right was erected in 1848 at
the site pictured above at the left. In
1894 the majority of the congregation identified with the United Evangelical
Church and purchased the former Methodist Episcopal building a few lots to the
north. The Evangelical Association
moved their building to South Union Center, where they were not successful in
establishing an enduring congregation, and the structure is now the town hall.
Final disposition:
Liberty
First EV
Location: Blockhouse Road
Municipality: borough of Liberty
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Blockhouse Road is the old US 15. This site is several lots south of the
intersection with PA 414, on the west side of the road.
Historic Conference:
Central
Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church
Journal references:
1912,109 loan granted
to purchase this property from the ME Church
2003,171
discontinued
2004,279
abandoned
2008,323
disposal of property
Brief History:
This congregation was formed by the
dissenting members of the Liberty Evangelical Association Church who sided with
the United Evangelical denomination.
They purchased this property from the Methodist Episcopal Church about
1900. Bu denominational mergers, the
congregation became Evangelical United Brethren in 1946 and United Methodist in
1968.
Final disposition:
Liberty
ME
Location: Blockhouse Road
Municipality: borough of Liberty
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Blockhouse Road is the old US 15. This site is several lots south of the
intersection with PA 414, on the west side of the road.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This congregation was organized in 1842 and
dedicated their first building in 1851, apparently at a different
location. It is not clear when this
building was erected, but the Methodist work eventually floundered and the
building was sold to the United Evangelicals about 1900.
Final disposition:
Mansfield Seminary ME
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Location: Mansfield University
Municipality: borough of Mansfield
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Mansfield University is in the southeast quadrant of
the borough, just a few blocks from the town square.
Historic Conference:
East Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This institution was begun in 1853 under the
patronage and control of the Easy Genesee Conference. The school was moderately successful until an
1856 fire (and the collapse of the companies that had insured the property)
created financial difficulties. The
property was sold to the State of Pennsylvania to become a State Normal School
in 1862.
Final disposition:
The
institution has now evolved into Mansfield University.
Marshlands ME
Location: Elk Run Road
Municipality: Gaines township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Gaines, go 1 mile west on US 6 to Elk Run
Road. Turn south onto Elk Run Road and
go 2 miles to the community of Marshlands.
The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The community of Marshlands was originally
known as Elk Run. The Methodist
congregation here was organized about 1850, incorporated in 1873, and erected
their church building in 1874. The church was always served in connection with
Gaines. In 1984 the Galeton and
Marchlands churches closed and united with Gaines to form the Pine Creek Valley
United Methodist congregation, meeting in the Gaines church building until
their new structure was completed .
Final disposition:
The structure is now a private
cabin/residence.
Middlebury First ME
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Location: village of Middlebury
Municipality: Middlebury township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Middlebury is on PA 287, at its intersection with PA
349, 9 miles north of Wellsboro. The
exact location of the church building has not been determined.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The 1897 history of Tioga County reports that
the congregation “was organized about fifty years ago” and that “the society
was incorporated July 7, 1884, in which year a house of worship was
erected.” The congregation last appears
in the analysis of charges report in 1933, with 10 resident members. The following year Middlebury is not listed,
but Keeneyville shows an appropriate increase in
membership.
Final disposition:
Nauvoo St. Paul’s Union ME
Location: 46 Linck Hill Road
Municipality: Liberty township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the intersection of US 15 and PA 414 outside the
town of Liberty, go 4 miles west on PA 414 to Nauvoo Road. Bear left onto Nauvoo Road and go 2 miles to
Nauvoo. In Nauvoo, bear left onto Link
Road. The church is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This building was dedicated in 1877 as a
union church for the Lutheran, Evangelical Association and Methodist Episcopal
denominations. The last Methodist pastor
to serve was John T. Willammee, 1910-11, after which
the remaining Methodists transferred their membership to one of the two
remaining denominations or to another church.
Final disposition:
The
Evangelical congregation has remained with the building, which by
denominational merger ids now St. Paul’s United Methodist Church.
Owlett ME
Location: Locey Creek Road
Municipality: Chatham township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go 9 miles north on PA 287 to
Middlebury. At Middlebury, turn west on
PA 249 and go 2 miles to Keeneyville. At Keeneyville,
take the right fork onto Locey Creek Road and go 5
miles to the church site.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1937,244 – declared disbanded; sale of
property authorized
Brief History:
This class was organized in the 1850’s and
incorporated as the “The Second Methodist Episcopal Church” in 1882, in which
year the church building was erected.
The church building was torn down about 1920, the congregation having
been inactive for a number of years. The
pews and some of the church records were reportedly given to the nearby Butler
Hill Baptist Church.
Final disposition:
Plank ME
Location: Plank Road
Municipality: Morris township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Morris, take PA 414 east for 2.5 miles to Plank
Road. Turn south onto Plank Road and go
1 mile. The church is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This class was organized in 1888 and met in
a school house before erecting the present frame building in 1896. The church was on the Liberty charge until
the Methodists abandoned that charge, at which point it was attached to the Hoytville [Morris] charge.
For many years the four point Morris charge consisted of Blackwell,
Morris, Mount Pleasant and Plank. In
1958 the Plank church merged with the Morris congregation, with some members
choosing to join Mt. Pleasant or EUB church at Nauvoo. The church assets were divided between the
Morris and Mt. Pleasant churches, according to the percentage of membership
going to each church. The Plank church
never had pews, but the people sat in high-backed kitchen-type chairs. When the church closed, the chairs were taken
to the Morris Church. The fate of the
other items of interest from the church, the pump organ and the elaborate
kerosene hanging lights, is not known.
Final disposition:
The
structure is now a private residence.
Potter Brook ME
Location: PA 49, village of Potter Broook
Municipality: Westfield township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the borough of Westfield, go 3 miles west on PA
49 to the village of Potter Brook. The
church is on the south side of the highway.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This building is known as “The Peoples Church
of Potter Brook” and was erected by the community in 1890 for use by the
Methodists, Wesleyans and Baptists. It
was served as a regular Methodist appointment for many years, but the
congregation had become entirely Baptist by the time Tioga County was transferred
from the Genesee Conference to the Central Pennsylvania Conference in 1962.
Final disposition:
Round Top ME
Location: Round Top Road
Municipality: Charleston township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go 2 miles east on US 6 to Round Top
Road. Turn south onto Round Top Road and
go 5 miles to Maple Hill Road. The church
stood on the right side of the road, at the south end of the property [431
Round Top Road] across from Maple Hill Road (which only goes to the left).
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1977,136 – permission to sell
Brief History:
This class was organized in 1887 and
worshiped in the Wesleyan Church until their own
church building was dedicated April 22, 1891.
It its early history this church owned a parsonage and was a two-point
charge with Coolidge Hollow. In 1932
that charge was joined to the Whitneyville [East
Charleston] charge, where it remained until services ceased. Services had already ceased when Whitneyville charge came into the Central Pennsylvania from
the Genesee Conference in 1962.
Final disposition:
Rutland
Hill ME
[a.k.a. South Rutland]
Location: Rutland Hill Road
Municipality: Rutland township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Roseville on PA 549, go south 1 mile on Roseville
Avenue to Bungy Road.
Turn left onto Bungy Road and go 1 mile to the
cross road, where Burdick Road goes to the right and Rutland Hill Rod goes to
the left. Tuen
left onto Rutland Hill Road and go 0.5 miles.
The church site is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The class was organized in 1841 as “The Methodist
Episcopal Church of North Sullivan and South Rutland.” The church building was erected in 1842 on
ground presented by its first pastor, Rev. Amos Mansfield, as so was also known
as the “Mansfield Church.” No cemetery
is associated with the church, but the Wood Cemetery in Sullivan township,
which is visible from the site and which contains the graves of Rev, and Mrs.
Mansfield, is sometimes erroneously associated so. Regular services here were discontinued in
the early 1900’s, but an annual service continued until the 1970’s. The church was razed in the 1990’s.
Final disposition:
South Rutland ME
Location:
Municipality:
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Historic Conference:
Journal references:
Brief History:
Final disposition:
South Union EV
Location: PA 414, village of Union Center
Municipality: Union Township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the borough of Liberty, go 9 miles east on PA 414
to the village of Union Center. The
church stood on the northeast corner of the intersection of PA 414 with Joe
Hill Road.
Historic Conference:
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Association
Journal references:
1908,22 –
building moved from Liberty
Brief History:
This building, as pictured above at the
right, was the original Evangelical Association church building in
Liberty. In 1894 that congregation sided
with the United Evangelicals, as did most of the congregations in Central
Pennsylvania. The congregations
remaining with the Evangelical Association became part of the Eastern
Pennsylvania Conference, which decided to move the building to Union Center in hopes
of building a congregation there. When
that proved futile, the structure became the Union Center town hall.
Final disposition:
State Road ME
Location: Old State Road
Municipality: Sullivan township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Mansfield, go 6 miles east on US 6 to Mainesburg. At Mainsesburg, turn south onto Mainesburg Road and go south 2 miles to the intersection
with Old State Road. [The old
highway that became US 6 went south of Mainesburg and
Mansfield and crossed US 15 at Covington on its way to Wellsboro.] At this intersection, Old State Road goes left
and stratight ahead.
Turn left onto Old State Road and go 1 mile. The church is on the right.
Historic Conference:
Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church
Journal references:
1974,88 – State
Road Baptist included in the Mainesburg charge
1986,346 – State Road Baptist Church
dropped from the Mainesburg charge
Brief History:
This building was erected as union church
in 1861. The Methodist class here was
formed in the 1840’s and met in the Ramsdale school
house until moving into the newly erected union church in 1861. The union church was a regular Methodist
preaching appointment well into the 1900’s, but it eventually became a Baptist
congregation. For 12
years in the 1970’s and 1980’s the church, although Baptist, was again served
by [United] Methodist preachers.
Final disposition:
Stony Fork ME
Location:
Stony Fork Road, village of Stony Fork
Municipality: Delmar township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the square in Wellsboro, go about 9 blocks south on
PA 660 to Kelsey Street, and turn left onto Kelsey Street. When it leaves Wellsboro, Kelsey Street
becomes Stony Fork Road. Proceed 7 miles
to the village of Stony Fork. The church
stood on the left, to the left of the existing Baptist church. The picture above at the right shows the
Methodist church on the left and the Baptist church on the right. The picture above at the left show the site
as it looks today, with a gravel parking area marking the location of the
Methodist church.
Journal references:
1970,261 – discontinued
1980,A80 – closed
1981,A76 – stained glass windows to Nelson
UM Church; permission to sell building
1982,225 – razed; sold
Brief History:
This class was organized about 1895 and
erected the building shown in the pictures at the upper right in 1900. For a number of years the church was on a
three-point charge with Dexter and Middle Ridge. From 1934 to 1938 the congregation was part
of a successful six-church parish of 3 Methodist and 3 Baptists congregations. When that arrangement ended, the church was
closed for a number of years. In 1948
local Methodists worked to have it reopened and served by local pastors. In 1952 it was added to the Whitneyville charge, where it remained until being closed permanently
in 1970.
Final disposition:
Stull ME
Location: Joe Hill Road
Municipality: Union township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
St Roaring Branch, head west from PA 14 ion Ogdensburg
Road. Go 3 blocks to Joe Hill Road and
turn right. Go 3 miles. The site is on the left.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
Little is known about this church. The cemetery sign reads “1885,” but Stull is
listed in the conference journal on the Ralston charge in the 1884 missionary
report. It is also listed 1898-1900 in
the annual conference journal “statistics #5,” which appeared only for those
three years. When first definitive list
of all the appointments is given in 1915, Stull is not listed. The church apparently closed between 1899 and
1915. The building was supposedly town
down in the 1950’s.
Final disposition:
The cemetery is still active.
Tioga ME
Location: PA 287, North Main Street
Municipality: Tioga borough
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
The church stood on the site pictured above on the
left, 1 block north of the town “square” and on the west side of the street.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
Subscriptions to erect a Methodist building
in Tioga were gathered beginning in 1826.
The frame for a building was erected in 1827, and it remained in that
condition until completed in 1842. That
building, which fronted “Meeting House Alley,” was destroyed by fire in
1871. The building pictured above at the
right was erected in 1872. The 1972
flood damaged many area church buildings and called for a realistic
re-evaluation of the mainline Protestant churches. In nearby Lawrenceville, the Presbyterian and
Methodist churches combined to form a Methodist congregation. In Tioga, the Presbyterians and Methodists united
to form a Presbyterian congregation. The
original plan was for the merged congregation to use the Methodist building,
but further examination revealed the Methodist structure had sustained more
flood damage than was originally noted.
The merged congregation now uses the former Presbyterian building, and
the former Methodist structure was torn down.
Final disposition:
The site is now a mini-park.
Tioga Junction ME
Location: village of Tioga Junction
Municipality: Lawrence township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
Tioga Junction is on the old US 15, 3 miles south of
Lawrenceville. The church stood west of
the main highway, behind the school, on the southwest corner of School Road and
Junction Cross Road.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
The congregation at Tioga Junction began in
1911 as the result of revival meetings there.
The church was always part of the Lawrenceville charge. When the building was destroyed by fire in
1978, the congregation elected to unite with Lawrenceville and erect a new
building there, the present Calvary UMC.
Final disposition:
Tompkins ME
Location: PA 49
Municipality: Lawrence township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Lawrenceville, go 3 miles west on PA 49. The church stood on the right, in the area
now flooded by the Cowanesque Valley Dam.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
Brief History:
This congregation was organized in 1895 and
erected their building in 1901. Before
erecting their building, they met is a schoolhouse across the road from the
present site. That schoolhouse was later
taken to Nelson and added as an annex tom the Methodist church there. Services at the church appear to have been
discontinued before 1962, at which time Tompkins was transferred to the Central
Pennsylvania Conference from the Genesee Conference as a closed church on the
Nelson charge. Following the 1972 flood
and the plans for the Cowanesque Valley Dam, the
property was purchased by the Army Corps of Engineers. The building was supposedly taken down and
transported to Lawrenceville to become a garage for the parsonage there.
Final disposition:
The pulpit and chairs were given to the
Lawrenceville church, and the bell to the Tioga Junction church. The pews and various other items were offered
to former members. The landscape has
been rearranged, but the church stood near the present shoreline of the lake
created by the new dam.
Union EV
Location: PA 414
Municipality: Liberty township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From the borough of Liberty, go 2 miles east on PA
414. The church is on the north side of
the highway.
Historic Conference:
Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical
Association.
Journal references:
Brief History:
This building was erected in 1891 and
remained with the Evangelical Association during the 1894-1922 denominational split. Although never large, the congregation
functioned into the 1960’s and has the distinction of being the area’s last
remaining pro-Esher church (i.e., c church that
remained with the Evangelical Association during the split). Not having been used since the 1968 United
Methodist merger, the property was sold in 1983 and now houses the Liberty Area
Historical Society.
Final disposition:
Welsh Settlement ME
Location: Welsh Settlement Road
Municipality: Charleston township
County: Tioga
State: PA
Directions:
From Wellsboro, go 2 miles east on US 6 to Cherry
Flats Road. Berr right onto Cherry Flats Road
and go 2.5 miles to Welsh Settlement Road [a.k.a Arnot Road].
Turn south onto Welsh Settlement Road and go 1 mile. The church is on the right, just past the
large Welsh Settlement Cemetery on the left.
Historic Conference:
Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Journal references:
1991,222 – abandoned and
sold
Brief History:
This building is known as the Welsh
Settlement Congregational Church. It was
erected in 1867 and served in various ways over the years. About 1950 the congregation appears to have
begun paying apportionments to the Methodist Church in exchange for pastoral
services as part of the Whitneyville charge. This arrangement lasted until 1990. The 1991 journal reference as “abandoned and
sold” appears to be an inaccurate account of the congregation returning to its
Congregational roots.
Final disposition: