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Egg Hill Church is a historic church located in Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was built in 1860, and is a one-story, banked building built of pine on a stone foundation. It measures 35 feet (11 m) wide and 42 feet (13 m) long. Regular services at the church were suspended in 1927. The church is located at the southwest end of Egg Hill. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Before the 1800s, German immigrants were settling this area. Most of the immigrants were farmers. They had a circuit-riding minister who traveled on horseback to the area. During his six-week trip, he would travel in a circle and visit as many homes as possible and conduct church services. People would have church in their homes. Reverend Philip Fithian was one of these ministers. He traveled Penns Valley as early as 1775. Jacob Albright started the Evangelical movement. He started to preach in 1796 and had many followers. In 1806, there was a major revival movement and Jacob Albright was elected Bishop. During this time he came to Centre County to preach in pioneer homes, including John Dauberman’s home on Egg Hill. By the 1830s, there were enough followers and it was realistic to build a church. Circuit-riding ministers would have as many as four to six homes where they held services. By 1838, the first Evangelical log church was built on Egg Hill, on land owned by the Dauberman family. Dauberman family members have been buried on this property since their relocation from Union County to the western end of Egg Hill in Penns Valley, Centre County, about 1799. In 1860, the old log church was replaced with the current building. The simple wooden structure was built entirely of pine, reflecting the simplicity and humility of its evangelical founders. Regular weekly services were held at Egg Hill until 1927 when the church closed due to diminishing attendance. They would continue to have an annual Homecoming Service, usually held the last Sunday in September. This section is attributed to Centre County historian, Vonnie Henninger, and Jennifer Weaver Tate, descendant of the Dauberman family. 1800 – Evangelical Association was founded by Jacob Albright. These associations were popular in the predominately German communities of central Pennsylvania. 1838 – John and Mary Dauberman donated land on what the locals called Egg Hill. The property on which the original log church was built contained the original Dauberman Lutheran Cemetery where family members are buried since relocating to the western end of Egg Hill in Penns Valley, Centre County, about 1799.
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Egg Hill Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1979.
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