Bath Houses in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
Description:
Berkeley Springs, W. Va. was officially established as a Health Resort Oct., 1776 by an Act of the Virginia Assembly. George Washington mentioned, when surveying the northern neck for Lord Fairfax in 1748, in his surveying notes the famed Warm Springs. A town site having been made there in 1776. The lots were sold at auction in 1777. Among purchasers were Gen. Washington, Gen. Gates, and other Revolutionary War officers. Berkeley Springs' first name was Bath. The Indians used these springs before the white man came.
Berkeley Springs State Park, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
Date:
1925
Description:
'George Washington loved to vacation in Berkeley Springs because of its naturally warm springs, which gave the town its original name of Bath. The three principal springs and the bathhouses built around them today are part of Berkeley Springs State Park.'
First Evangelical United Brethren Church Morning Worship Service Pamphlet, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
Date:
1954/08/15
Description:
The photo of the church was printed on the front page of the morning worship service pamphlet, where on the back serves as an itinerary and hymnal guide.The church was established prior to August of 1855. By the 1960's, it held the largest congregation in all of Berkeley Springs.
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.
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The organization was established in 1852 and was originally called Friendship Methodist Church. The building is located just off of Route 9 at Ridersville.
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.
America's Ideal View, near Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A view of the Potomac River from Capon Mountain, 5 miles north of Berkeley Springs, W. Va. On the left of the river is West Virginia, and on the right is Maryland.
