- Old Bethany Church
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Old Bethany Church
Front and side of the church
Location: Main and Church Sts., Bethany, West Virginia Coordinates: 40°12′23″N 80°33′15″W / 40.20639°N 80.55417°WCoordinates: 40°12′23″N 80°33′15″W / 40.20639°N 80.55417°W Area: 2 acres (0.81 ha) Built: 1852 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 76001932[1] Added to NRHP: December 12, 1976 Old Bethany Church, also known as Old Bethany Church of Christ and Old Meetinghouse of the Bethany, is a historic Disciples of Christ church located at Main and Church Streets in Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1852, and is a two bay by five bay, brick meeting house-style building on a fieldstone and sandstone foundation. It is the second church building on this site and notable in the Disciples of Christ for its association with Alexander Campbell (1788–1866).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[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.
- ^ James E. Harding (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Bethany Church". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/brooke/76001932.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
External links
- Bethany Church of Christ, Main & Church Streets, Bethany, Brooke, WV: 2 photos, 2 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Lists by county Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Grant • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Lincoln • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Mineral • Mingo • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Summers • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming
Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Bethany College (West Virginia)
- Churches in Brooke County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooke County, West Virginia
- Religious buildings completed in 1852
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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