First Presbyterian Church

The church later became Grant’s Auditorium.

In 1856, a group of 60 left St. John’s Church to create a Presbyterian Church. Many of the early pioneers from Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania brought with them a strong tendency toward Presbyterianism. They desired their own denomination with weekly services in English. The new congregation was known as the First Presbyterian Church in Grove City. They first met in a wood plank building near the railroad tracks. Both Presbyterian and Methodist used the building. Services were interrupted by the trains which also spooked horses. That building was purchased by Adam Grant who turned it into an auditorium. (Grant’s auditorium pictured).