TheJuicyDoyenne

By TheJuicyDoyenne

Abandoned and Spooky in Centre Hall

I am always up for a bit of urban and no-so-urban exploration, so when I happened on this old, derelict, abandoned building in Centre Hall today I was pretty excited.
This is the Center Hall Methodist Episcopal Church which was built in 1875 and subsequently abandoned around 1965 when its small congregation was united with two others, relocating to a larger structure in another area of town. I'm sure it has a much more interesting history but that's all I have been able to gather from Google at this point.
Today was blustery and dim and it was quite easy to conjure up scenes from any number of spooky horror movies while gazing at the crumbling foundation, broken and cemented up windows and basement door hanging open just a smidge as if to say "Come on in...if you dare." 
I did not.

It is abandoned now, and cobwebs hang from every pew;
There dusty-dim the sunlight sifts the stained-glass windows through; 
And over there the once soft-colored ceiling filled with stars
The dripping stain of many a rain bemoans and mars;
The plaster falls across the sacred altar place, 
And dew dust streaks the holy Christ Man's face
In yonder fronting window where the morning sun
Erstwhile shone through to light that Wondrous One...



~ William Stidger, The Abandoned Church

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