PORT MATILDA -- There is life after death for the Bald Eagle Presbyterian body of christians A year ago.

PORT MATILDA -- There is life after death for the Bald Eagle Presbyterian body of christians

A year ago, the historic Port Matilda temple closed with just a handful of members left Its futurity looked cloudy -- maybe a private residence, more likely the wrecking ball.

if it were not that now, thanks to one man, the white building will be resurrect beside a tranquil, mountain meadow.

hurl Rider, a State College auto dealer, acquired the 150-year-old house of worship from the Presbytery of Huntingdon last fall after learning of the congregation's demise.

He plans to dismantle the building and impel its exterior siding, steeple and to a great degree of its sanctuary three miles away to Harmony Hills Farm, his exclusive right in Taylor Township. There, he will build a longer wider frame and join of long date to new to open a nondenominational wedding chapel.

"I would have hated to papal court all that heritage torn down and bulldozed away," Rider said.