Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1887 and was a two-story, stucco building in a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. It was one of three black churches in Parkersburg and was the oldest black church building in west-central West Virginia. The church was located in a neighborhood of late 19th-century wood-frame houses only a block from downtown.[2][3]
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
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| Location | 820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′58″N 81°33′18″W / 39.26611°N 81.55500°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| MPS | Downtown Parkersburg MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82001767[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 8, 1998 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] It is presumed to have been demolished or moved since then.
See also
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edit- ^ 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 (n.d.). "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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