Beech Creek in Clinton County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

1. Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell Marker

Inscription.

This bell [formerly] atop
The Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church
now The Friendship Community Center,
was purchased from the Center by
Sara McGhee and given to this
community for preservation by
Miss McGhee in memory of her parents,
Oscar M. McGhee and Jamima Haagen McGhee
on February 13, 1984

[Bell inscription reads]
In Memoriam
Captain James A. Quigley
1840 - 1920
Fifty-four years an Elder.
Presented, 1921, on
the fiftieth anniversary of
the Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church
Founded April 27, 1871.

Erected 1984.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Communications • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is April 27, 1921.

Location. 41° 4.508′ N, 77° 35.237′ W. Marker is in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania, in Clinton County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 150) and Church Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 127 Main Street, Beech Creek PA 16822, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: M46 Patton (approx. half a mile away); War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Community Service Monument (approx. half a mile away); Great Shamokin Path (approx. 1.9 miles away); a different marker also named Great Shamokin Path (approx. 5.3 miles away); Warriors Path (approx. 5.4 miles away); Nathan Harvey House (approx. 5.6 miles away); William F. Packer (approx. 5.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Beech Creek.

Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell Inscription image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

2. Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell Inscription

Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

3. Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church Bell

Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church, Bell and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

4. Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church, Bell and Marker

Former Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

5. Former Beech Creek Memorial Presbyterian Church

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 84 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.