Huron Presbyterian Church

Historic Site #:	04-009 (Exists) Type: E1	Town:	Huron
Site Name:	Huron Presbyterian Church	GPS Coordinates:	43.233523, -76.879614
Address:	6424 North Huron Road, Huron, NY
Description:
Located on North Huron Road, in the hamlet known as South Huron, the Huron Presbyterian Church is a quaint wood frame building that gives a distictive country feel to the passerby. With a history that goes back to 1811, this congregation did not build a church structure until 1835. That building was destroyed by fire in 1936. The congregation rebuilt and had a church ready for Sunday worship services within a year. This country congregation continues to hold Sunday services, has a strong leadership, and hosts rummage sales several times a year to help raise funds for the church and other projects.


Interior, 2012 (used with permission, Loreen Jorgensen)	Photo by Bob Mogray 11/18/21

Huron Presbyterian Church, 2012 (used with permission by Loreen Jorgensen)	Photo by Bob Mogray 11/18/21

Historic narrative:
The First Presbyterian Church of Wolcott began meeting at the home of Ezra Knapp circa 1811. Services were led by Reverend Francis Pomeroy. Organized in 1813 the congregation and began meeting in schoolhouses, alternating between the hamlets of Wolcott and South Huron. All this time, functioning as the First Presbyterian Church of Wolcott, the Town of Huron had not yet been established. Until April 3, 1826, Wolcott encompassed all that land which included what is now Wolcott, Huron, Rose, and Butler. When Huron, Rose, and Butler set-off from Wolcott, the First Presbyterian Church of Wolcott changed its name to the Presbyterian Church of Port Bay - Port Bay being the name the Town of Huron took first. It was not until March 17, 1834 the Town of Port Bay changed its name to Huron. In 1936, the church changed its name to the Presbyterian Church of Huron. Though the church organized in 1813, the congregation did not build its church, a frame structure, until 1835. One hundred years later, in 1936, that building burned. The congregation rebuilt within a year. Recently, the Huron Presbyterian Church purchased the Wolcott Palace Theater's (movie theater) old seating - making for a very comfortable sermon accommodations for parrishoners and guests.

References:

Huron Presbyterian Church