. A history of Rockingham County, Virginia . Asbury Chapel (Page 284) Gen. Rollers LibraryOldest House in Harrisonburg Old St. Peters Church, near Elkton (Page 359) ROCKINGHAM COUNTY The church purchased was the one erected about 1863 bythe Northern Methodists. It stood on the bank opposite the 0. passenger station, on the site now occupied by the largeSnell building. For several years, about 1868 and following,it had been used as a place of worship by the Baptists. Thischurch burned in April, 1905, and about a year later thepresent handsome Catholic church on Main Street was erected. The


. A history of Rockingham County, Virginia . Asbury Chapel (Page 284) Gen. Rollers LibraryOldest House in Harrisonburg Old St. Peters Church, near Elkton (Page 359) ROCKINGHAM COUNTY The church purchased was the one erected about 1863 bythe Northern Methodists. It stood on the bank opposite the 0. passenger station, on the site now occupied by the largeSnell building. For several years, about 1868 and following,it had been used as a place of worship by the Baptists. Thischurch burned in April, 1905, and about a year later thepresent handsome Catholic church on Main Street was erected. The total number of Catholics in Rockingham is about250. United Brethren Church. United Brethren Churches in Rockingham (1912). 1. Mt Hebron: Formerly WhiteseFs Church; oldest inthe county; located a mile or so southeast of Pleasant in February, 1876, by Bishop J. J. Glossbrenner. 2. Pleasant Grove; On the Valley Pike, two miles southof Mt. Crawford. 3. Dayton Station: Dayton. Church dedications: June,1878; September, 190


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