AREA HISTORY:  East Prospect Churches, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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CHURCHES – Page 732

North Trinity Church – This church of the Evangelical Association is 
located about three miles northeast of East Prospect, on the road 
leading to Wrightsville.  It is a neat frame structure, with an 
adjoining graveyard.  The value of this church and land adjoining is 
about $1,400.


Ebenezer Church, of the Evangelical Association, is located at Long 
Level, about three miles southeast of East Prospect.  It was built in 
1872, and is a brick structure, dimensions 40x60 feet.  It was remodeled 
under the pastorate of Rev. Schleh, and dedicated September 14, 1884, by 
Bishop Bowman, of Allentown, Penn.  The value of it is about $2,500.


New Salem Church – This church was built about 1840, by the Evangelical 
Association.  It is situated five miles south of East Prospect, near the 
borders of Chanceford Township, about a mile south of Martinsville.  
There is a very old cemetery near by.  The new church was rebuilt in 
1880.  It is a handsome wooden structure, and cost about $1,600.

All the above described Evangelical churches, located in the east end of 
Lower Windsor, including Zion’s Church at East Prospect Borough, belong 
to the East Prospect charge of the Central Pennsylvania Conference.  
This denomination is a Methodistic body, which has a well defined dogma 
of faith and a ritual.  The form of church government is Episcopal, and 
the bishops are chosen every four years.


Margaretta Church – When the furnace under Henry Y. Slaymaker was in its 
prosperity, he built a frame church near by, under the auspices of the 
Presbyterian denomination.  Services were occasionally held by visiting 
clergymen, and in the absence of a preacher he frequently conducted the 
services himself.  There always was a strong bond of attachment between 
Mr. Slaymaker and his employes.  One of the first Sunday-schools of the 
township, it is said, was held in the building about the year 1834.  The 
church is still standing; occasionally services have been held in it for 
several years past by the Methodists.