Vestal Center Methodist Church - Vestal Center, NY
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N 42° 01.916 W 076° 00.975
18T E 415878 N 4653821
A new sign, placed late 2015, lists the date the church was built as 1875. The church is listed as a local landmark which is state and national eligible.
Waymark Code: WMQA34
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2016
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sign text text: "Vestal Centre Methodist Episcopal Church built 1875. Land purchased from Coe Wells. Pews & bell added between 1895 & 1897. Prayer room removed 1956. William G. Pomeroy Foundation 2015 258"
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"Still another village in Vestal township is Vestal Centre, four miles east of Tracy Creek. As early as 1804, Jabesh Truesdell located here. At Vestal Centre there are a Methodist Episcopal and a Baptist church and a district school."
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"Vestal Center, previously Vestal Centre, is located four miles south of Vestal's main district. The Big Choconut Creek flows through the hamlet where grist, saw, and planing mills, along with a wagon shop and hotel, once operated."
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"Vestal Center United Methodist Church – 1875
A small prayer room that was added in 1896 was replaced by the current fellowship hall and classrooms. The nave remains largely unchanged.
Historic Designations:
2012 Local Historic Landmark
2012 State and National Eligible"
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