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As early as 1882, there has been an exclusive brethren assembly in Scranton, Lackawanna Co., [[Pennsylvania]], known to some as the [[Scranton Meeting Room, PA|meeting roomScranton Meeting Room]] (TW-EB), as well as a shorter-lived one of the same variety in nearby Moosic +1896-1911+ ([[Moosic Meeting Room, PA]]).
Scranton Gospel Hall was an open brethren assembly that may have been a split from the exclusives, founded prior to 1890 when the U.S. Religious Census indicated a PB-II (OB) assembly in Lackawanna Co., with 51 meeting in a rented hall with capacity of 250. In 1904, the assembly met in the Exchange Buildings at 421 Lackawanna Ave., Room #7, then at Washington Hall, S. Main Ave.., by 1922, and the Rescue Mission at 310 N. Washington Ave. +1926-1927+.
At the latter time, the [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/a35b9292bc7f15193dcc8c12b8b5562258581ba6.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 11 in fellowship (6 men, 5 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $66 in annual expenses), and $99 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
[[Manchester Gospel Hall, CT|Manchester Gospel Hall]] in Hartford Co., [[Connecticut]] was a hive from Scranton in 1909 involving the James McCormick, Thomas Eckle and William Emerson families.
=Locations=
* Sunday - Lord's Supper @ 10:45am, Sunday School @ 12:15pm, Gospel meeting @ 7:30pm.
* Monday - Bible Reading @ 8:00pm
* Friday - Bible Reading @ 4:00pm
=Correspondents=
* James Park Morgan '''+1922-1927+''' (1871-1941)
* Harry Leishman '''+1927+'''
=Sources=
* EB/OB AAB's 1882-current
* Ancestry.com