Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
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| Standort | 820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| MPS | Downtown Parkersburg MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001767[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 8, 1998 |
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1887, and is a two-story, stucco building in a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. It is one of three black churches in Parkersburg and is the oldest black church building in west central West Virginia. The church is located in a neighborhood of late 19th-century wood frame houses only a block from downtown.[2][3]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ African American Historic Places, p. 535, at Google Books
- ^ Historic Preservation Unit (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bethel AME Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
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Kategorien:
- African-American history of West Virginia
- African Methodist Episcopal churches in West Virginia
- Churches in Wood County, West Virginia
- Gothic Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Religious buildings completed in 1887
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs