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,added thru 1970 OB
* [[Steubenville Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1904-'''2022+'''
** @ 1211 Park St. +1922-1927+; 7th & Clark St., former site of [[Toronto Gospel Hall, OH]] +1936+; 1211 Park St. +1941-present;
** c/o Andrew Cousley +1922-19601964; Harris E. Mizener, Viola Lane, Follansbee, [[West Virginia|W.V.]] 1966-1970+;
** [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) +1904-19601970+** @ 7th & Clark +1927+; possibly 204 6th St., home of John Westlake +1936+; 7th & Clark +1941-19601970+
** 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]]), 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+; Calvin Baker +1950-19601969; John Alban 1970+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files133 E. Tuscarawus St./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) +1922-19601970+** @ 863 W. Woodland Ave. +1922-1927+; 1220 Market St. +1936+; 148 W. Indianola Ave. +1941-19601970+** 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. +1941-1950+; Robert Jones +1954-19601970+
** [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.
** @ Dr. George Riebel's Block, Second & Chestnut Sts. +1927-1960
*** 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 Frederick Henry "Fred" Fox +1922-1960 (1883-1950 Hayesville, OH). Wife: Emma A. Fox. (b. 1890 OH).
====Sullivan====
* [[Mansfield Gospel Hall, OH]] 1959-'''2022+'''
** @ 30 Hoffer St. +1964-1970+; 820 Mansfield Washington Rd. ?-present;
** founding preacher: Norman Crawford
** c/o Paul E. Hoffman, 630 Ferndale Rd. 1964-1970+
** see [https://www.mansfieldgospelhall.com/ MGH's website] & [https://www.facebook.com/MansfieldGospelHall/ MGH's FB]
====Portage County====
=====Rootstown=====
* [[Rootstown Gospel Chapel, OH]] (OB) +1947-19601970+
** Rootstown Town Hall Assembly +1947-1950+
** @ Rootstown Town Hall, (now) 3988 OH-44 +1947-1950+; SR 18 East +1954-19601970+** c/o Herman Reusch, New Melford +1947-1950+; Angelo Spelman +1954-19601970+
====Summit County====
=====Silver Lake=====
* [[Silver Lake Assembly, OH]] (OB) +1958-19601970+** @ Silver Lake Elementary School, Overland Rd. (now 2970 Overlook Rd.?)
** c/o Bruce Habeck, Cuyahoga Falls
===Ashtabula County===
====Ashtabula====
* [[Ashtabula Home Assembly, OH]] (OB) 1968-1970+** Geneva Gospel Hall (Spanish & English OB) 1968-1969** @ 12 E. Main 1968-1969; 3311 Station Ave.1970+
====Geneva====
* [[Geneva Meeting Room, OH]] (TW) +1927-1933+
====Rock Creek====
* [[Rock Creek Assembly, OH]] (OB) 1968-1970+
** @ old Congregational Church, High St.
** c/o Charles Evans
===Canton-Massillon metro===
* [[Northwest Bible Chapel, Canton, OH]] (OB) 1966-1969
** @ Mason School, 30th St. & Harvard Ave. 1966-1967; 521 N.W. 37th St., home of John F. Reber 1968-1969
** c/o John F. Reber
===Cleveland-Elyria metro===
** Central Gospel Tabernacle (in phone directory) +1941+; Central Gospel Hall (in AAB) +1936-1948+;
** @ Rivoli Theatre, 7614 Central Ave. +1936+; 8232 Central Ave. +1941-1948+; 10522 Amor Ave. +1950-1960+
** c/o Talbot B. Nottage 1930-1960+; Theodore Williams1968; Carl C. Muldrow, 2221 E. 78th St. +1936+; Edward Taylor, Wickliffe 1969-1970+; James C. Scott;
* [[Cleveland Christian Assembly, OH]] (EB) +1878-1881; (KLC-EB) 1881-1946+
** c/o Thomas A. Wesgate @ 294 Pearl St. (west side) +1880+
* [[Faith Gospel Chapel, OH]] (CA OB) +19661963-'''2022+'''** @ 8719 Hough Ave. 1963-1970+; Eliza Bryant Nursing Home
** hive from Elim Gospel Chapel
** founders: Alfonso Tyler, Clayton Harris & Homer C. Chambers
** c/o Clayton Harris 1963-1970+
* [[Gracemount Assembly of Christians, OH]] (OB) 1950-1994
** Gracemount Chapel +1954-1958; Gracemount Gospel Chapel 1959-19601970+
** @ Junior High School 1950-1951; 2285 Noble Rd., Cleveland Heights 1951-1994; Building sold to Central Bible Baptist Church;
** c/o Robert S. "Robbie" Pile, Cleveland Heights +1954-19601970+
* [[Park Heights Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1936-1943+
** c/o John Hassinck, 9405 S.E. Raymond Ave.
* [[Pleasant Valley Gospel Church, OH]] (OB) +1958-1960+1961
** @ Dentzler Rd., E. of State Rd. and N. of Pleasant Valley Rd.
** c/o James Barry, 1352 Roseland Dr., Northfield +1958-1959; Don Garfield, Brecksville 1960+; J. Richard Florence, Brecksville 1961;
* [[West 85th Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) 1910-19601970+
** West Side Gospel Hall, 1910-1927+; Cleveland Gospel Hall;
** 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. 1910-1960+
** c/o Thomas Fulton +1922-1948+; Roy Morrison +1950-1960+1964, 1966-1969;
** [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.
=====Collamer=====
* [[Collamer Meeting Room, OH]] (EB) +1879+
=====Maple Heights=====
* [[Maple Heights Assembly, OH]] (OB) 1963-1970+
** c/o William Ballard, 5664 Adams Ave.
=====North Olmsted=====
* [[North Olmsted Bible Fellowship, OH]] (OB) 1969-1970+
** c/o Karl F. Radder, 2254 Walter Rd., Westlake
=====Richmond Heights=====
** 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; George Duncan 1939; John H. Smith +1941-19601970+;
** [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.
=====Willoughby=====
* [[Willo Bible ChapelChrist Community Church, OH]] (OB) +1958-19601970+ Early 1980(BC) 2000-'''2022+'''s** Willo Assembly +1958; Willo Gospel Chapel 1959-19601970+; Willo Bible Chapel; New Testament Fellowship Church - late 1970's; Christ Community Church 2000-present; ** @ Johnny Cake Ridge Rd. & Chandler Rd. +1958; 36400 Ridge Rd. 1959-1960+1961; 36407 Ridge Rd. 1962-present;** c/o John G. Ozinga, Sr., Mentor +1958-19601970+** see [https://churchofwilloughby.com/ CCC's website]
====Lorain County====
* [[Grace Gospel Hall, Lorain, OH]] (OB) +1947-'''2022+'''
** Grace Gospel Chapel +1947-1955; Grace Gospel Hall 1956-present; Leavitt Road Gospel Hall
** @ 1762 Broadway +1947-1955; 3006 Elyria Ave. 1956-19601970+; 3925 N. Leavitt Rd. ?-present** c/o F.E. Sietman, 1756 Broadway +1947-1950+; Randall H. Bradford +1954-present1961, stroke in 2005;Albert Patton 1962-1970+
* [[Spanish Gospel Hall, Lorain, OH]] (Spanish OB) +1954-'''2022+'''
** Capilla Evangelica +1954-1955; Local del Evangelio 1956+; Salon del Evangelio +1958-1960+
** @ 2852 Globe Ave. +1954-1955; 3002 Elyria Ave., home of Reyes Rodriguez 1956+, 1960+; 3025 Globe Ave., home of Julio Rodriguez +1958-19591960;3002 Elyria Ave. 19601961-1970+** c/o Herminio Guzman, 2925 Vine Ave. +1954; Reyes Rodriguez, 3002 Elyria Ave. 1955-1956+; Herminio Guzman +1958-1959; Julio Rodriguez 1960; Ramon Rivera, 1560 E. 32nd Ct. 1961-1967; Gabino Rodriguez, 504 E. 33rd St. 1968-1970+
=====Wellington=====
====New Philadelphia====
* [[New Philadelphia Home Assembly, OH]] (OB) +1950-1960+1963** 1000 E. High Ave., home of Harold Eugeine Stokey +1950-1960+ 1963 (b. 1900 Kent, Portage, OH - d. 1982 Dover, Tuscarawas, OH), son of William Harrison Stokey (b. 1874 Canton, Stark, OH - d. 1968 New Philadelphia, OH) & Daisy Taylor Stokey (b. 1879 Randolph, Portage, OH - d. 1954 New Philadelphia, OH). Wife: Lucille G. Grant Stokey (b. 1910 Akron, OH - d. 1997 Dover, OH), daughter of Charles Grant & Musa Ellen Arnold Grant. Harold was co-founder of Allied Machine & Engineering Corp., with his father, William, and brother Chet. Later @ Grace Chapel, Dover.
=Northwest OH=
===Clyde===
* [[Clyde Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1958/1962-2021
** @ 126 Railroad St. +1958-19601963; Woodland & Walnut Sts. 1964-1970+** c/o Felix A. Colella, Huron +1958-1960; Richard F. Remion 1961-1966; John C. Williams, 130 Huffman St., Bellevue 1967-1970+
** founded thru preaching of Norman Crawford, Lorne McBain, etc. Folded due to C-19.
** see [https://clydegospelhall.com/ CGH's website]
==Toledo/Port Clinton CSA==
===Ottawa County===
====Catawba Island====
* [[Catawba Assembly, OH]] (OB) 1966-1969
** @ Community Hall
** c/o R.R. Robins, Port Clinton
==Toledo/Findlay/Tiffin CSA==
=====Springfield=====
* [[Christian Fellowship of Toledo, OH]] (OB) 1950/1985-'''2022+'''
** Toledo Christian Fellowship 1963-1970+; Christian Fellowship of Toledo South 1985*** 1985 hive from previous assembly of same (present) name started in 1950 as a breakoff from a United Presbyterian church that folded in the late 1990's.** @ 1420 Monroe St. 1963-1970+** c/o Harold A. Vernier 1963-1970+
=====Toledo=====
** 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+'''
* [[Toledo Gospel Hall, OH]] (OB) +1904+
====Clermont County====
=====Afton=====
* [[Bethany Chapel, Afton, OH]] (OB) +1958-1970+
** Bethany Gospel Chapel, Batavia +1958-1960
** @ Alexander Lane 1964-19651966** c/o Gordon Sweemer +1958, 1966-1967; William Homer Abbott 1959-1962; James Leeman, Jr. 1963-1964; William R. Thompson, Batavia 1966-1970+
=====New Richmond=====
** @ rented building 1938+; 2118 Ross +1941-1956+; 3858 Reading Rd., home of John J. McGehee +1958; 1155 W. Galbraith Rd., Finneytown 1959-present;
** c/o E. Usher, 1247 Quebec, Price Hill, Cincinatti +1936+; W.L. Powers, 5113 Rolston Ave., Norwood +1941-1943+; Max W. Powers +1947-1948+; G.P. Jacobs, 3804 Hyde Park Ave. +1950-1955; Samuel Gourley 1956+;
** c/o John Jethro McGehee, 3858 Reading Rd. +1958-1960+ 1963 (b. 1912 Gleason, Weakley, [[Tennessee|TN]] - d. 1965 Cincinatti, OH). Memphis, TN 1927-1940; Served in China 1940-1952, prisoner 1951-1952. Memphis 1952+; Counselor @ Board of Education in Cincinnati. Wife: Bettye Humphreys McGehee.** c/o Dr. T.D. Parks 1964-1965; C. Roger Test 1966-1968; Milton G. Hansen 1969-1970+
** see [http://www.northernhillsbiblechapel.org/ NHBC's website]
=====Lincoln Heights=====
* [[Lincoln Heights Gospel Chapel, OH]] +1936-19601970+ (1980's?)
** Mansfield Gospel Hall +1936-1947
** @ 252 N. Mulberry St. +1936-1941+; N. Mulberry & Orchard Sts. +1943-1947; Kentucky Ave. & Ashland Rd. 1948-19601970+** c/o J. Alex Forrest, 25 Elmwood Dr. +1936+; James Hunter, 359 Ashland Rd. +1941-1950+; James Hunter, Sr., 520 Dyas Dr., Mansfield +1954-19601967; David E. Holdsworth 1968-1970+
=====Springdale=====
