Bell Tower @ Salem U.B. Church - Mount Pleasant Township
N 39° 51.122 W 077° 08.547
18S E 316719 N 4413530
Geometrically solid, brick tower rises stoically above the front, Gothic arched entrance of this 100+ year old church.
Waymark Code: WM9TPM
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/28/2010
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The top of the tower is open-air and the bell is easily scene from the parking lot across the road. Halfway up our three lookout windows, closed in the same Gothic style as the front entrance. There is a white date stone imbedded in the tower about 12 feet from the ground. The tower itself is about 33 feet high. A parapet tops it all off with four corners stick up, also made of brick.
From my previous waymark:
This beautiful, old country church sits out in the middle of nowhere. The vistas and church are reminiscent of something out of a countryside watercolor. There is an old sun-washed stone which bears several dates of this country church. That was how I determined the date. The date marker is on the bell tower, near the bottom, just over the Gothic-topped front door. It is kind of hard to read. According to the stone, Salem Gulden's United Methodist Church was originally built in 1856, rebuilt in 1888, burned and rebuilt in 1904. The cemetery has approximately 150 plus graves. There is no direct mention of this church anywhere to be found on the net yet the church seems to be active and viable.