Mount Olivet Methodist Church, Wheeling, Marshall County, W. Va.
Date:
1959/07
Description:
The church was first organized on Mozart Road in the early 1850s. The church was built on Old Fairmont Pike between 1855 and 1857. The current building was built in 1959.
Fourth Street Methodist Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church began and grew with the frontier settlement of Wheeling, W. Va. In the spring of 1785, three years after the last battle of the Revolutionary War was fought at Fort Henry, the congregation was established and proceeded without any official building until 1818.
Wesley Methodist Church, Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va.
Date:
1963/04
Description:
The church was established in 1849 in the industrial part of town once known as Ritchietown. There were no paved streets or walks and kerosene lamps were used for lighting. The church was 14 years old when West Virginia became a state.
