- Gormania Presbyterian Church
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Gormania Presbyterian Church
Location: Mabis Ave., 0.1 mi. S of US 50, Gormania, West Virginia Coordinates: 39°17′40″N 79°20′46″W / 39.29444°N 79.34611°WCoordinates: 39°17′40″N 79°20′46″W / 39.29444°N 79.34611°W Area: 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) Built: 1888 Architectural style: Late Gothic Revival Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 05001008[1] Added to NRHP: September 7, 2005 Gormania Presbyterian Church, now known as Gormania United Methodist Church, is a historic Presbyterian church on Mabis Avenue, 0.1 miles south of US 50 in Gormania, Grant County, West Virginia. It was built in 1888, and is a single-story ornate wooden structure in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a corner entrance bell tower and tall spire. A rear addition including three Sunday school rooms was built in 1925. It was occupied by a Presbyterian congregation until the 1980s. In 1994, the Gormania United Methodist Church purchased the building.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Sonny O’Haver, Erin Riebe and Alan Rowe (April 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gormania Presbyterian Church". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/grant/05001008.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- United Methodist churches in West Virginia
- Presbyterian churches in West Virginia
- Gothic Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Religious buildings completed in 1868
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings
- Buildings and structures in Grant County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Grant County, West Virginia
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