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Methodist
Hall

The significance of this building is not its
age, or it's style, but for what it has been used for since
it was built.
(Located at the rear of the Methodist Church at 50 East King Street.)
On November 1, 1925
the Methodist Social Hall was dedicated. The building cost
was approximately $7,800 with subscriptions being started
by the gift of $750 from the estate of Lizzie Nicks.
In 1925 the Littlestown High School was next door to the Hall. Now the
Community Center is what was this School building. For this reason the
school used Methodist Hall for different purposes.
In 1928 the senior class play, “SUNSHINE”,
was presented in the Methodist Hall.
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Methodist Hall was also used for basketball games
that the school played. It was used as
the school recreational hall.
The social hall was used for high school
plays and for basketball games until the Maple
Avenue School was built in 1933.
The Methodist Hall was also used as a Town Hall,
Banquetr Hall, a cigar factory, sewing factory, a bowling
alley, a sewing factory again, for storage, and now is
converted into an educational and social, building for
use by the members. The senior center got its start here.
The community food pantry began in this building. Day
care was housed here for a time. The Head Start program
used this facility for a while. The Lions Club now meeets
in this hall.
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The Littlestown Bowling Center opened
here in 1941. The Church uses this building for Sunday
School, social gatherings, wedding receptions, funeral
receptions, and other such events.
On January 14, 2007 the church held a Littlestown
History night, showing a PowerPoint Show of Littlestown
Area History. An outgrowth of this event was the Littlestown
Area Historical Society.
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