Christmas Time at Jakes Run Assembly of God Church, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1906
Description:
A woman positions a cross on the alter, which is decorated in evergreens and ornaments for Christmas. Note the kerosene lamp chandelier to the right. The church is located in the Clay District of Monongalia County.
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church at Laurel Point, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1933
Description:
'Built in 1803. Great Grandaddy Fox 'Martin Fox' went here to meeting in 1808. He was born Aug. 2, 1790 and died in 1884. Monongalia Papers, Volume 2. Photo taken by Mrs. Gilbert Straight, the first wife, on the J. P. Fox farm. Some people say enlarged for tombstones went back into late 1700's.'
West Warren Baptist Church and Wadestown Methodist Church, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1949
Description:
The two churches of different denominations stand next to each other on a hill above a covered bridge. West Warren Baptist is on the left, Wadestown Methodist is in the middle, and in the lower right of the image is the covered bridge.
Union Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1960/04
Description:
The church was first built around 1856 and shared between several denominations including Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists. During the Civil War the church split. In 1905 the current church was built and is served by the Methodist conference.
Sniders Temple Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1960/04
Description:
The church is located in or near Arnettsville. The church was first built as a log meeting house and a Methodist Episcopal preacher ministered at the second church built in 1846. The M.E. South Church was organized at Sniders Temple in 1867. After the Civil War the Snider family gave land to the Northern Methodists for the church in Arnettsville. In 1902 the new church was dedicated.
Lynch Chapel Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1960/04
Description:
The church is located on Little Indian Creek. There have been three buildings for the church. The first church was built in 1800. The current church building was built and dedicated in 1901 and it was named for the Lynch family.
Burns Chapel Church, Morgan District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1961/07
Description:
A group of girls sits on the steps of Burns Chapel. The church was meeting in a school house in 1850. Plans for a church began in 1906 and building began that summer. The church was dedicated in 1908.
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church, Morgan District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
The church assembled in community members' homes before a building was built. In 1900 the community erected the frame church. It has since been replaced with a newer building.
Henry Bennett, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1850-1865
Description:
Henry Bennet was a preacher born in Maryland October 21, 1807. He settled in parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania preaching. While living in Burton he preached at the Liming Ridge Church of Christ in Monongalia County. He died in Fairmont in 1902.
St. Luke Church of Christ Frame Building which Burned in 1913, Mooresville, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
This older building that housed the church burned in 1913 and was replaced with a new building. The date the church was organized is unknown, but likely between 1860 and 1870. A frame church was built in 1890 but destroyed by fire in 1913. The name then changed to St. Luke Christian Church and a new building was erected in 1918.
Dedication of St. Luck Church of Christ, Mooresville, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
A group of church members sit for a portrait at the new building for St. Luke Church of Christ. The date the church was organized is unknown, but likely between 1860 and 1870. A frame church was built in 1890 but destroyed by fire in 1913. The name then changed to St. Luke Christian Church and a new building was erected in 1918.
Site of the First Forks of Cheat Church, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1937
Description:
Site of Forks of Cheat Church established in 1775, located near the confluence of the Cheat and Monongahela Rivers. The church was burned down by Indians.
Model of the Forks of Cheat Church, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1937
Description:
The Forks of Cheat Church was established in 1775 and is considered the oldest established domination of Christianity west of the mountains. The original Forks of Cheat church was burned by Indians.
