Directions to Washington Cemetery: 

From State College follow West College Avenue (Route 45 and 26) to the traffic light at the intersection with Science Park Road, turn right on Science Park Road, and turn right again almost immediately (0.1 mile) on Pine Hall Road (this is the first crossroad and the section to the right is a dead-end road). The cemetery is on the right before the Grange Building.

History of Washington Cemetery

The Methodist Episcopal Church at Pine Hall was erected about 1850. The land for the church and the cemetery was given to the church by the Houts brothers. The first funeral held from the church was that of Mrs. Houts, although the building was not finished. The church was of yellow pine log construction with a sheathing of boards and strips vertically placed. The first preacher was a woodman named McClure. One of the problems of the early circuit ministers was maintaining order during the services. Rev. McClure is reported to have used a clever technique when he was annoyed by a young man who was creating a disturbance by trying to work his way out between the narrow benches filled with people. The minister stopped, pointed to the young man, and told him he should not wait until Sunday to take his salts , and so disturb the meeting by having to go "out" before it closed. " If it is really urgent, you'd better go out," he added. Nobody ever again attempted to leave when Rev. McClure was preaching.

Rev. McClure was followed by Rev. Asbury Guyer, who preached there before the Civil War. Regular services were discontinued in 1882. Rev. H.S. Mendenhall serving as the last preacher and Captain Dale the class leader. About 1885 the building was sold for $25 to seven men: J Clayton Corl, Peter Corl, J. D, Hubler, J. W. Hubler, Peter Lauck, Will Lauck, and W. Stover. It was stipulated that the building could be used for festivals, s a band hall, and as a community building, but not for dancing. In 1893 it was sold to the band which met there until it broke up in 1895. A year later Peter Lauck tore it down. The materials were sold to someone in State College to use in building a house. The adjacent cemetery was allowed to become overgrown and unkept. As of 1984, the area is being mowed.  

Sources:

1.     Linn, John Blair and Moyer, Leslie R., The History of the Mount Nittany United Methodist Church 1889-1984.

2.     The Cemeteries of Ferguson Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Published by the Centre County Genealogical Society, State College PA. Pages 138-139. Copyright 1998, 2011