LITTLE CHURCH
ON THE HILL


1995 Humbug "Jim Turner"

LITTLE CHURCH ON THE HILL

BUILT BY VOLUNTEERS WITH DONATED MATERIALS, THIS CHURCH WAS THE FIRST CONSECRATED JUNE 20, 1894. IT WAS THE ONLY HOUSE OF WORSHIP IN THE REGION FOR HALF A CENTURY. SERVICES WERE DISCONTINUED IN THE EARLY 1950'S. THE COMMUNITY RALLIED TO SAVE THE CHURCH AND MOVED IT TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION WHERE IT WAS REDEDICATED JULY 14, 1957. BETWEEN 1991 AND 1995 IT WAS RESTORED WITH LOCAL DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEER LABOR; ONCE AGAIN OPENING TO THE PUBLIC.

REDEDICATED JUNE 10, 1995
E CLAMPUS VITUS
GRUB GULCH CHAPTER 41-49


Monument is in Oakhurst, California, in Madera County on State Highway 41, 0.4 miles east of Road 426, on the left when traveling west. The monument and the church are located at the Oakhill Cemetery.