About Us
Established in 1893, the Baileyville Community Hall serves as a local meeting place as well as home to auctions, yard sales, Chicken BBQ's and more.
It is governed by a Board of Directors.
It is governed by a Board of Directors.
Our Officers
President - Bill Keough 814/692-8374
Vice President - Secretary - Linda Roan Treasurer - Diane Albright Board Members: Beig Wheland, Lisa Bellows, Dawn Harpster, Ben Johnston The Board of Directors meets every second Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Community Hall. You are welcome to join us!
Contact us at BaileyvilleCommunityHall@gmail.com
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Renting the Hall
The Baileyville Community Hall is available to rent for events such as meetings, parties, dinners, receptions, music festivals, etc.
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We rely on donations to keep this facility functioning. Rent provides some revenue, but we also need your support. Checks can be made payable to BCHA (Baileyville Community Hall Association) and mailed to PO Box 43, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865.
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Our History
Known to most people as the Baileyville Community Hall (or Grange), this building had it’s not-so-humble beginnings as a school. As such, it was unique to its time, being a two-room schoolhouse versus the usual one-room. Although we know that it has served as a Community Hall for 80 years (1933 - 2013), there is some question as to its prior history. Past publications have provided information that the school was built in 1894 -1895 by Jacob Keller and Sons. However, recent research seems to support that the current building was built in 1901. We do know that there was another schoolhouse in the pasture next to the current building. Could it be that was the one built in 1894 -1895? A school also appears on maps from 1861 and 1874 maps (see Appendix) - could that be the one in the pasture, or was there another school where the current building stands? We don’t know - do you? Records do show that a new building was built to replace the first one in the pasture.
In 1903, the school was sold to the School District of Ferguson Township. It continued to be used as a school until 1932, when the new school in Pine Grove Mills was built.
On February 2, 1933 Denton Peterson and Ed Isenberg bought the school for the sum of $495 and donated it to be used as a Community Hall. The purchase amount was later repaid to them.
Many in the community have grown up knowing and calling the Community Hall the “Grange.” When the Community Hall was purchased, the Baileyville Grange #1991 was also being organized. Instead of building a separate Grange Hall, the organizers, who were also involved with purchase and renovation of the Community Hall, decided to rent the Baileyville Community Hall to use as their Grange Hall. So when someone says it’s at the “Baileyville Grange,” they really mean the Baileyville Community Hall.
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In 1903, the school was sold to the School District of Ferguson Township. It continued to be used as a school until 1932, when the new school in Pine Grove Mills was built.
On February 2, 1933 Denton Peterson and Ed Isenberg bought the school for the sum of $495 and donated it to be used as a Community Hall. The purchase amount was later repaid to them.
Many in the community have grown up knowing and calling the Community Hall the “Grange.” When the Community Hall was purchased, the Baileyville Grange #1991 was also being organized. Instead of building a separate Grange Hall, the organizers, who were also involved with purchase and renovation of the Community Hall, decided to rent the Baileyville Community Hall to use as their Grange Hall. So when someone says it’s at the “Baileyville Grange,” they really mean the Baileyville Community Hall.
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