Cumberland Presbyterian Church on High Street in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2009.4.42

Description

Inside the Cumberland Presbyterian Church formerly located on High Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The church was built in 1868, when it replaced the original "Church on the Hill" that had been near Wayne Street in the Monument Park area. In 1906, the Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian congregations of Waynesburg merged to form the First Presbyterian Church. The CP Church on High Street was torn down in 1941. Original, candid.

Collection

Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Fletcher, William E. S. [1874-1965]

Date made

circa 1941

Lexicon

Search Terms

Interior, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Church buildings--Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--High Street

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: CGSP_AN007_0014

Provenance

Provenance Detail

William E. S. Fletcher Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection

Notes

The William E. S. Fletcher Series photographs were taken by their namesake and given to Wilma "Billie" (Spitznogle) Guthrie, an employee from 1935-1947 in his photography studio at the Long Building on High Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Wilma donated the photographs to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370) in 2009. Shared with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2009. Source Citation: Cumberland Presbyterian Church on High Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, photograph by William E. S. Fletcher, item no. CGSP_AN007_0014, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).