The first church in New Centreville was erected about 1813, by the Lutherans and the Presbyterians. It was a log building, erected under the superintendence of John Carbaugh. The building was not finished until 1819. The first ministers who preached in the old house were Rev. Frederick Long, Lutheran, and Rev. John H. Giesy, Presbyterian. The old log church disappeared in 1878, its days of usefulness having passed away. In 1876 the members of the Reformed church built a new house of worship at a cost of nine thousand dollars, and the following year the Lutherans erected one equally as costly. Both congregations are prosperous.
The Methodists had an organization quite early, and about 1850 erected a meeting- house in New Centreville. In 1880 the house was sold to an organization of the Christian church, which now worships in it.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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