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====Steubenville====
* [[Steubenville Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1904-'''2022+'''
** @ W. Adams & 1211 Park St. +1922-1927+; 7th & Clark St., former site of [[Toronto Gospel Hall, OH]] +1936+; Nest Adan & 1211 Park StsSt. +1941+-present;** c/o Andrew Cousley +1922-19411948+;
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/e19ee4d135a2910fdc60dbf5c63a26088ba75885.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 38 in fellowship, all above 20 years of age (20 men, 18 women) including 4 S.S. teachers presiding over 40 children (for a total of 78). The Hall was valued at $15,000 with no debt (with $100 in annual expenses), and $1,200 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
====Toronto====
* [[Toronto Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1904-19411948+** @ 7th & Clark +1927+; possibly 204 6th St., home of John Westlake +1936+; 7th & Clark +1941-1948+
** c/o Donald T. Bass @ 421 W. 5th Ave., Columbus +1922+
** c/o William Firm, Sr. @ 703 Clark St. +1927+ (b. 1861 Hickory Twp., Mercer, [[Pennsylvania|PA]] - d. ), coal miner in 1930. Son of Alexander Firm (b. 1826 Cockpen, Midlothian, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1901 Hickory, PA) & Jessie Hynd Firm (b. 1826 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scot. - d. 1909 Hickory, Mercer, PA). Alexander was a coal miner in PA as early as 1860, as well as in Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland in 1851.** c/o John Westlake, 204 6th St. +1936+; Garland E. Bell +1941-1948+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/bbe35bb6c06340f1e136c0a3604fbbd8b6a79b74.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 36 in fellowship (11 men, 25 women) including 1 under 13 years old, and 4 S.S. teachers presiding over 80 children (for a total of 116). The Hall was valued at $5,000 with no debt in 1926.
===Mahoning County===
====Youngstown====
* [[Youngstown Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1922-19411948+** @ 863 W. Woodland Ave. +1922-1927+; 1220 Market St. +1936+; 148 W. Indianola Ave. +1941-1948+** c/o Donald T. Bass @ 421 W. 5th Ave., Columbus +1922+; Cleaver J. Martin @ 2217 Birch St. +1926-1936+; D.A. MacDougall, 1049 High St. +1941-1948+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/12ceb67320df5eece7e4978df6ad6c02cc008250.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 29 in fellowship (13 men, 16 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $277 in annual expenses), and $585 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
===Ashland County===
====Ashland====
* [[Ashland Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1922-19411947+** @ Dr. George Riebel's Block, Second & Chestnut Sts. +1927-19411947+
*** Dr. Reibel's Block was formerly known as Second & Church Sts. in 1883, until a fire which started in the Sprague barns on that block, and consumed every frame structure except T.W. Beer's building, including the Lutheran church on Third St., as per [https://archive.org/stream/ashlandcityofpro00duff/ashlandcityofpro00duff_djvu.txt ''Ashland: The City of Progress and Prosperity''], 1915.
** c/o Fred Fox +1922-19411947+
====Sullivan====
===Richland County (Mansfield metro)===
====Mansfield====
* [[Mansfield Lincoln Heights Gospel HallChapel, OH]] (OB) +1936-'''20221948+** Mansfield Gospel Hall +'''1936-1947** @ 252 N. Mulberry St. +1936-1941+; N. Mulberry & Orchard Sts. +1943-1947; Kentucky Ave. & Ashland Rd. 1948+** c/o J. Alex Forrest, 25 Elmwood Dr. +1936+; James Hunter, 359 Ashland Rd. +1941-1947+ * [[Mansfield Gospel Hall, OH]] 1959-'''2022+'''** @ 820 Mansfield Washington Rd. ?-present;** founded (or revived) by founding preacher: Norman Crawford???** see [https://www.mansfieldgospelhall.com/ MGH's website] & [https://www.facebook.com/MansfieldGospelHall/ MGH's FB]
* [[Mansfield Meeting Room, OH]] (EB) +1889+
==Cleveland/Akron/Canton CSA==
===Akron metro===
====Portage County====
=====Rootstown=====
* [[Rootstown Township Assembly, OH]] (OB) +1947-1948+
** @ Rootstown Town Hall, (now) 3988 OH-44
** c/o Herman Reusch, New Melford
====Summit County====
=====Akron=====
=====Fairlawn=====
* [[Akron Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1904-'''2022+'''
** @ 303 Mills Ave., Akron +1904+; 397 Locust St., Akron +1927-19411947+; 2705 Smith Rd., Fairlawn ?-present;** c/o W.W. Becker @ 383 Kathryn Pl., Akron & 681 19th St., Cuyahoga Falls +1927+; Joseph Bercaw, 928 Bisson Ave. +1936-19411947+;
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/320dbd82fd8138474cfbd38edf3d529d17138393.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 60 in fellowship (30 men, 30 women) including 5 S.S. teachers presiding over 45 children (for a total of 105). The Hall was valued at $6,000 with no debt (and with $644 in annual expenses), and $1,395 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
* [[Elim Gospel Chapel, OH]] (CA OB) 1930-2016
** Central Gospel Hall Tabernacle (in phone directory) +1936-1941+; Central Gospel Tabernacle Hall (in AAB) +19411936-1947+; ** @ Rivoli Theatre, 7614 Central Ave. +1936+; 8232 Central Ave. +1941-1947+** c/o Talbot B. Nottage 1930-19411947+; Theodore Williams; Carl C. Muldrow, 2221 E. 78th St. +1936+; James C. Scott;
* [[Cleveland Christian Assembly, OH]] (EB) +1878-1881; (KLC-EB) 1881-1946+
** @ home of Ben. Oudeman, 1520 E. 118th St. +1946+
* [[Cleveland Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) 1910-19411947+
** West Side Gospel Hall, 1910-1927+
** This assembly was a hive from Richmond Heights. It further hived into three assemblies prior to 1936: Cleveland Gospel Hall, Park Heights Gospel Hall, and Central Gospel Hall.
** @ 2017 W. 85th St. 1910-19411947+** c/o Thomas Fulton @ 14946 W. Adams St., Lakewood +1922-19411947+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/d8945aa7ca7ad1ba6fd64dd526033773fdee0812.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 62 in fellowship (22 men, 40 women) including 4 S.S. teachers presiding over 35 children and 10 adults for a Bible class (for a total of 107). The Hall was valued at $7,500 with no debt (with $515 in annual expenses), and $1,032 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
** @ Junior High School 1950-1951; 2285 Noble Rd., Cleveland Heights 1951-1994; Building sold to Central Bible Baptist Church;
* [[Park Heights Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1936-19411943+
** @ Park Heights & Mount View Ave. Kinsman car to East Blvd., 1 block South.
** c/o John Hassinck, 9405 S.E. Raymond Ave.
=====Cleveland Heights=====
* [[Bethany Gospel Chapel, Cleveland Heights, OH]] (OB) +1947+
** @ 1846 Coventry Rd.
** c/o H.S. Smith, 1810 Beersford Rd., E. Cleveland
=====Collamer=====
* [[Monticello Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) 1893-'''+2022+'''
** Addison Road Gospel Hall 1893-1957; Cleveland Gospel Hall; Richmond Heights Gospel Hall;
** @ 1477 Addison Rd., Cleveland 1893-1957; Until about 1908 this location was regarded as 676 E. Madison Ave., at the corner of E. Madison & Everett Pl. Building currently owned by [https://www.facebook.com/KingdomLifeClev/ Kingdom Life Ministries], an AOG (Pentecostal) initiative.** @ 4970 Monticello Blvd. 1957-present. Location credited as the first church building in Richmond Heights, in [http://richmondheightsohio.org/pdf_RichmondHeights/en-US/History/HistoryPart4.pdf History of Richmond Heights], a 1967 50th Anniversary history of the city presented by the Kiwanis.
** home of [[Essential Truth Publishers]] which in 1974-1975 published ''Fifty Years with the Gospel in Venezuela'' by Sidney J. Saword.
** c/o [[John Smith]] 1895-1904+
*** @ 268 Russell Ave. 1895-1898; 55 Decker Ave. 1899-1900; 19 Decker Ave. 1901; 4 Gertrude 1902-1904+
** c/o A.G. Lawrence @ 10510 Superior Ave., Cleveland +1922-1936+; John H. Smith, 3366 Meadowbrook Blvd., Cleveland Heights +1938, 1941+; George Duncan 1939; John H. Smith +1941-1947+;
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/f8ce9d1435aa4cb9281c126e8456b26c7175f0b0.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 205 in fellowship (90 men, 115 women) including 20 S.S. teachers presiding over 240 children (for a total of '''445'''). The Hall was valued at $16,000 with no debt (and with $2,239 in annual expenses), and $3,311 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
=====Lorain=====
* [[Grace Gospel Hall, Lorain, OH]] (OB) ?+1947-'''2022+'''** Grace Gospel Chapel +1947+** @ 1762 Broadway +1947+** c/o F.E. Sietman, 1756 Broadway +1947+
* [[Spanish Gospel Hall, Lorain, OH]] (Spanish OB) ?-'''2022+'''
=====Toledo=====
* [[Oakdale Gospel Chapel, OH]] (OB) +1936-19411943+/1948+** @ 246 Western Ave., home of Thomas Murray +1936+; 913 Oakdale +1941-1943+; no meeting +1947-1948+** c/o Thomas Murray +1936+; John R. Clit, 1644 Lebanon St. +1941+; K. James Taylor +1943+; T. Hay, 4118 Mayfield Dr. +1947-1948+
* [[Toledo Christian Fellowship, OH]]? (TW-P) 1992-'''2019+'''
====Franklin County====
=====Columbus=====
* [[Columbus Home Assembly, OH]] (OB) +1941-1947+** @ 490 Oakland Park Ave., home of G.P. Ohliger+1941-1947+** c/o G.P. Ohliger +1941-1943+; W.J. Clark, 942 S. Roosevelt Ave., Bexley +1947+
* [[Columbus Meeting Room, OH]] (EB) +1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
* [[Northern Hills Bible Chapel, OH]] (OB) 1938-'''2022+'''
** @ rented building 1938+; home of John J. McGehee; 2118 Ross /Rose Ave. +1941-1947+; Galbraith Rd., Finneytown 1961-present;** Norwood Gospel Hall 1938-19411947+; Norwood Gospel Chapel; Northern Hills Bible Chapel 1961-present;** founder: Mrc/o E. Usher, 1247 Quebec, Price Hill, Cincinatti +1936+; W.L. Powers, 5113 Rolston Ave., Norwood +1941-1943+; Max W. Powers +1947+;
** see [http://www.northernhillsbiblechapel.org/ NHBC's website]
=====Lincoln Heights=====
===Clark County (Springfield metro)===
====Springfield====
* [[Springfield Home Assembly, OH]] (OB) +1936-19411948+
** @ 1500 Broadway, home of Earl Kreider
