Morgan Chapel and Graveyard

Morgan Chapel and Graveyard
Morgan Chapel and Graveyard
Morgan Chapel and Graveyard is located in West Virginia
Location: Northern side of Secondary Route 26 west of its junction with U.S. Route 11, Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Coordinates: 39°20′1″N 78°3′28″W / 39.33361°N 78.05778°W / 39.33361; -78.05778Coordinates: 39°20′1″N 78°3′28″W / 39.33361°N 78.05778°W / 39.33361; -78.05778
Area: 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built: 1741
Architectural style: Greek Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 84003480[1]
Added to NRHP: January 12, 1984

Morgan Chapel and Graveyard, also known as Christ Episcopal Church-Bunker Hill, is a historic church in Bunker Hill, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It is the oldest Episcopal church congregation in West Virginia.

In 1741 Morgan Morgan, one of West Virginia's earliest settlers, built the original log church on this site and the cemetery was established. The current Greek Revival building was constructed in 1851. Morgan Morgan, and by Morgan Morgan I, II, III, and IV are all buried in the church cemetery. Morgan Morgan's descendants founded Morgantown.[2] Also buried in the graveyard is noted American portrait artist John Drinker (1760-1826).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ Frances D. Ruth (September 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgan Chapel and Graveyard". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/84003476.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02. 
  3. ^ EARLY SOUTHERN DECORATIVE ARTS, November 1981, Volume VII, Number 2, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts: "John Drinker, Portrait Painter and Limner," by E. Bryding Adams at the Internet Archive

See also

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