First Baptist Church, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
This building on West King Street of Martinsburg "is the second building on this same plot of land; this building was built in 1913 -- the educational building seen on the rear of the church edifice was built in 1925. The stone building seen in the right of the photo was purchased in 1925 by the church. This stone building has been here for many years and has a long history of use by many businesses."
Wellsburg Christan Church, Wellsburg, Brooke County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church began as a Baptist church in 1815, but was reorganized as a Christian, Disciples of Christ, church in 1823. It's the oldest Disciples of Christ church in the Campbell movement.
Lost Creek Seventh Day Baptist, Lost Creek, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1805. The first meeting house was a log cabin which was later replaced as the church grew. The current building was built in 1871 and then rebuilt after a fire in the 1880s. The church contributed to the founding of Salem College in 1888.
Bingamon Baptist Church, Grangeville, Marion County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1861. The original log church was called Union church and was used by several denominations for worship. The Baptist church was built in 1890 in Grangeville, but was destroyed by a tornado in 1944. It was rebuilt in 1945.
Freemansburg Evangelical United Brethren Church, Freemansburg, Lewis County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized approximately just before Sept. 1859. It was once called Simmons Chapel and was then a United Brethren church. It has since changed its name and denomination.
Dallas Presbyterian Church, Marshall County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was founded in 1831. It was formerly known as West Union Church. The first building was destroyed by a storm in 1841, and the present building was built in 1868."Shrubbery has been planted at front of church and a name sign put above the middle front window."
Trinity Episcopal Church, Morgantown, Morgan District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1819 and a building was completed in 1822. The Episcopalians and the Presbyterians shared the church in 1861 until a disagreement suspended the Episcopalian use of it until 1874. The present church moved to it's current location in 1900 and in 1952 a new church building was finished.
Gilgal Methodist Church near Mt. Nebo, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was established before 1847 when a small group of Christians decided to build a church in what is now the Mt. Nebo community. Grave markers for Civil War veterans can still be found in the church's graveyard today. The exact date of the church's establishment is unknown.
Sand Lick Baptist Church, Laurel Fork, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1860. The present church was built sometime around 1930-1940. Previously church members, both Primitive Baptists and Missionary Baptists, worshiping in barns, outside, or in homes in the community.
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.
The church was established in 1845 and sits about five miles below Winfield, W. Va. at Fraziers Bottom. The church was originally built for community use, allowing services in all orthodox denominations including Baptist, Episcopal, Methodist, and Presbyterian. In 1870, it became officially Methodist, but still allowed other denominations to use it.
Auburn Baptist Church, Auburn, Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1846. The church was originally called the Bone Creek Church. The name changed to Auburn Baptist when the new church building was completed in 1915.
The First United Presbyterian Church of Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1855 in what was then known as Fetterman, Virginia. During the church building's construction, services were held in the carpenter shop of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in Grafton.
Brooks Hill Chapel, Brooks Hill Community, Upshur County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was established c.1860 as as Methodist organization. It additionally served as a schoolhouse until a separate building was established for the church.
Mt. Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, Little Peeks Run, Upshur County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1852 when a deed was made for the land. However, the church was first built in 1843 and dedicated in 1846. The present church was built in 1951.
Marker at Site of Mill Creek Baptist Church, Berkeley County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A caption on the reverse side of the image reads: "Marker at site of Mill Creek Baptist Church; erected in 1958 by First Baptist Church, Martinsburg."The Mill Creek Baptist Church building does not stand here any longer. The stone marker was placed in 1958.
Old Bethany Memorial Church, Disciples of Christ, Bethany, Brooke County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The Disciples of Christ church was founded in 1829.A caption for the image reads: "When enough members of the Restoration Movement lived near Bethany, a new church was formed. The original stone building, erected after 1829, was later replaced by this brick structure in 1849-1952. A. Campbell was the preaching elder."
Old St. John's Episcopal Church, Brooke County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church is the oldest Episcopal Church to the west of the Alleghenies in West Virginia. It was founded in 1793 and the current church was built in 1849.
New Bethel Methodist Church, Good Hope, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
New Bethel Methodist Church was organized between 1784 and 1786. The church burned in 1942. The church then met in the community hall until August 1948. Money was raised and the present stone church was eventually built.
Sycamore Methodist Church, Harrison County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The building was erected in 1856. The church was once called the Ebinezer Methodist Episcopal Church, but is now known as the Sycamore Methodist Church and is part of the West Milford Circuit.
Old Stone Church, Methodist Church, Kabletown, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The Methodist church became a part of the Jefferson Circuit in 1861. The 'Old Stone Church' was built in 1850. The stone church was used by all Protestant denominations. It is now unused and in ruins.
Ambrose Chapel, Rock Gap District, Morgan County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of church goers are gathered outside of the church, which was established in the Rock Gap District in 1797. The chapel had a greater influence on rural religion and in the spread of the German Evangelical movement than any other in Morgan County, W. Va. For years, the German preachers of the United Brethren shared the chapel with English Methodist preachers, often conducting services in both the English and German languages.
Mt. Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The congregation of this church, which was officially established in 1852, stems from one of the earliest Christian movements in the rural parts of Morgan County when Methodist minister George Wells traveled to teach in several different homes.This building is located off of West Virginia Route 9 at Spohrs Cross Roads.
Mount Union Methodist Church, Morgantown, Union District, Monongaila County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Mt. Union Methodist is located on Pt. Marion Road in Morgantown. It began in 1881 and moved to a new location in 1909. In 1950 the church was damaged by fire and repairs were finished in 1952.
Bethel Methodist Church, Poe, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was established some time between 1803 and 1810. During the Civil War, church members were openly divided as "northern" members would hold service inside the church while "southern" members would stand outside or vice-versa.
