Churches of Lackawanna County, PA

Presbyterian and Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Churches in Lackawanna County

 

Church

Status

Notes

Records

Adams Ave. Chapel

Corner Adams Ave. & New York St., Scranton

Closed

Was affiliated with Second Presbyterian Church

 

Bellevue Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church

 

See Bethania Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church

 

Bethania Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church

S. Main Ave.

Scranton

Name changed

(1916)

In 1916, the church became Bethania Welsh Presbyterian Church, eventually dropping the Welsh to become Bethania Presbyterian Church. 

 

Bethania Presbyterian Church

1029 S. Main Ave.

Scranton

Active

Originally Bethania Calvinistic Methodist Church

At church

Calvin United Presbyterian Church

Olyphant

Merged

Merged with Peckville Presbyterian Church to become the First Presbyterian Church of Lackawanna Valley.  Moved into a new church on Main Ave. in Peckville.

At new church

Carbondale Presbyterian Church

76 Salem Ave.

Carbondale

Name changed

Name changed to First United Presbyterian Church of Carbondale

 

Christ Presbyterian Church

1519 Dorothy St.,

Scranton

Closed

(2000)

Congregation formed in 1903.  In 2000, the few remaining members transferred to Presbyterian Church of Dunmore

At Presbyterian Church of Dunmore

Covenant Presbyterian Church

550 Madison Ave.

Scranton

Active

 

At church. 

Dunmore Italian Presbyterian Church

116 Calvin St.

Dunmore

Name changed

Started as a mission of Westminster Presbyterian Church.  Moved to Dunmore Presbyterian Church in 1922.  New church was built in 1930.  Became an independent church in 1936.  In 1942, along with other churches in the Presbytery, they dropped the national from the name and became Second Presbyterian Church of Dunmore.

 

Ebenezer Calvinistic Methodist Church

137 S. Main Ave.

Scranton

Name changed (1920)

In 1920, by a vote of 99-20, the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church and its ministers, 14,000 communicants, and six missionaries serving in India joined the PCUSA.  The church then became Ebenezer Welsh Presbyterian Church.  Building is now Church of Christ

 

Ebenezer Welsh Presbyterian Church

S. Main Ave.

Scranton

Merged

(1957)

Merged with Washburn St. Presbyterian Church to become Hyde Park Presbyterian Church

FHL Film No. 1671294 (1883-1911)

First Presbyterian Church

Merged

(1926)

Church building was originally in 100 block of N. Washington Ave.  In 1926, the church merged with Second Presbyterian Church to become Westminster Presbyterian Church.

FHL Film Nos. 823318 & 8519499 (1848-1926)

First Presbyterian Church of Carbondale

76 Salem Ave.

Carbondale

Active

 

At church and FHL Film No. 1671294 (1829 to 1939)

First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit

300 School St.

Clarks Summit

Active

 

At church

First Presbyterian Church of Elmhurst

108 Maple St.

Elmhurst

Active

 

At church

First Presbyterian Church of Jessup

325 Third St.

Jessup

Closed

(2019)

 

At Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia

First Slavonic Presbyterian Church of America

Peckville

 

 

 

First United Presbyterian Church of Lackawanna Valley

1557 Main Ave.

Peckville

Active

Formed from the merger of Calvin United Presbyterian Church and Peckville Presbyterian Church.

At church

German Presbyterian Church

435 Hickory St.

Scranton

Name changed

The church was organized in 1856.  Building was dedicated in 1888.  In 1930, the church became Hickory Street Presbyterian Church.  The last service in German was in 1942.

 

Green Ridge Presbyterian Church

1031 Green Ridge St.

Scranton

Merged

(1981)

Merged with Westminster Presbyterian Church to become Covenant Presbyterian Church

FHL Film Nos. 2047258 & 2047259 (1873-1944)

Hickory Street Presbyterian Church

435 Hickory St.

Scranton

Active

 

At church

Hope Church

4951 Birney Ave.

Cee Kay Plaza

Moosic

Active

Formed in 1993.  Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America.

At church

Hyde Park Presbyterian Church

1132 Washburn St.

Scranton

Closed

The result of a merger of Ebenezer Welsh Presbyterian Church and Washburn St. Presbyterian Church.  Burned and rebuilt before closing

 

Italian Mission of First Presbyterian Church

712 W. Lackawanna Ave.

Scranton

Moved

Moved to Dunmore in 1922

 

Jessup Slavonic Presbyterian Church

Name changed

In 1942, along with other churches in the Presbytery, they dropped the national from the title and became First Presbyterian Church of Jessup

 

Lackawanna Presbyterian Church of Old Forge

Merged

(1958)

Merged with Presbyterian Church of Moosic

At Presbyterian Church of Moosic

Logan Memorial Presbyterian Church

415 George St.

Throop

Burned (1970)

And Merged

(1972)

Dedicated in 1903, and was associated with the Dunmore Presbyterian Church.  Was also known as Magyar Presbyterian Church.  Merged with Providence United Presbyterian Church

 

Magyar Presbyterian Church

415 George St.

Throop

 

See Logan Presbyterian Church

 

Old Forge Presbyterian Church

Old Forge

Name changed

Became Lackawanna Presbyterian Church of Old Forge

 

Peckville Presbyterian Church

723 Main St.

Peckville

Merged

Merged with Calvin United Presbyterian Church in Olyphant to form the First Presbyterian Church of Lackawanna Valley.  Moved into a new church on Main Ave. in Peckville.

At new chruch

Petersburg Presbyterian Church

933 Prescott Ave.

Scranton

Merged

Was originally a mission of German Presbyterian Church, organized in 1859 as Evangelical Protestant Church of Petersburg and Dunmore.

Ancestry.com and FHL Film No. 1671294 (1856-1959)

Presbyterian Church of Dunmore

137 Chestnut St.

Dunmore

Active

 

At church

Presbyterian Church of Moosic

625 Main St.

Moosic

Active

 

At church

Presbyterian Chapel

60 Archbald St.

Carbondale

 

 

 

Presbyterian Chapel

347 Main St.

Simpson

 

 

 

Providence United Presbyterian Church

1145 Providence Rd.

Scranton

Active

Merger of Logan Memorial Presbyterian Church, Providence Presbyterian Church, and Suburban Presbyterian Church.  Church now occupies what was St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church.

At church

Providence Presbyterian Church

2622-2628 N. Main Ave.

Scranton

Merged

(1971)

Merged with Suburban Presbyterian Church to become Providence United Presbyterian Church.  Oldest Presbyterian Church in Scranton (1846)

 

Second Presbyterian Church

425-427 Jefferson Ave.

Scranton

Merged

Organized in 1874 by members of First Presbyterian Church. In 1926, the church merged with First Presbyterian Church to become Westminster Presbyterian Church.

FHL Film Nos. 1671297 & 2047771 (1874-1926)

Second Presbyterian Church of Dunmore

116 Calvin St.

Dunmore

 

 

 

Suburban Presbyterian Church

2629 Olyphant Ave.

Scranton

Merged

(1971)

Was originally a mission of Green Ridge Presbyterian Church.  Merged with Providence Presbyterian Church to become Providence United Presbyterian Church, the new church occupying this building until it was deemed unsafe.  Church then moved to what was St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church.

 

Throop Magyar Presbyterian Church

 

 

 

Washburn St. Presbyterian Church

1123-1130 Washburn St.

Scranton

Merged

(1957)

The church was organized in 1854.  It was the oldest Presbyterian church in West Scranton.  Merged with Ebenezer Welsh Presbyterian Church to become Hyde Park Presbyterian Church.

FHL Film No. 1671294 (1882-1918)

Wayne Ave. Calvanistic Methodist Church

2117 Wayne Ave.

Scranton

 

 

 

Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church

Susquehanna St.

Olyphant

Moved

(1912)

Property was sold to the school district to make room for an expansion at the high school.  The congregation voted to build a new church in Blakely.

 

Welsh Presbyterian Church

137-143 S. Main Ave.

Scranton

 

 

 

Westminster Presbyterian Church

550 Madison Ave.

Scranton

Merged

(1981)

Merged with Green Ridge Presbyterian Church to become Covenant Presbyterian Church, the new church occupying the building.

FHL Film No. 8123318 (1926-1974)

 Contributed by Tom Price, 2021


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