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Masontown United Methodist Church Fire

 
 
Masontown United Methodist Church Fire Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 2, 2019
1. Masontown United Methodist Church Fire Marker
Inscription.  

Fire Nearly Destroyed This Church
on July 15, 2004.
Rebuilt and Rededicated
to the glory of God
and to our Savior, Jesus Christ,
July 24, 2005.

 
Erected 2005 by Masontown United Methodist Church.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: DisastersMan-Made FeaturesReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is July 15, 2004.
 
Location. 39° 50.713′ N, 79° 53.972′ W. Marker is in Masontown, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 166) and Cross Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4 West Cross Avenue, Masontown PA 15461, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty
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of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (here, next to this marker); Fort Mason (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Masontown (about 300 feet away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Veterans Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); Old Glassworks (approx. 3.1 miles away); In Memory of Cols. John & William Minor (approx. 3.4 miles away); Greensboro (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Masontown.
 
Masontown United Methodist Church Fire Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 2, 2019
2. Masontown United Methodist Church Fire Marker
On wall near church entrance
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 12, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 313 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on September 12, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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