First Methodist Church, Elkins, Randolph, County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was first established in 1851. The Methodist Protestants and the Methodists Episcopals shared the early church until 1856. A church was built in the present church's location in 1893. The present church building was built in 1906.
Rev. Asa Harman of Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Rev. Asa Harman (b. 1834-d. 1902) was the first elected pastor of Harman Church of the Brethren in 1859. The town of Harman is also named after him. The Harman Church separated from a larger territory of congregations in 1897 and the church was named after the reverend.
Rev. Ellsworth Harman of Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
In 1921 Reverend Ellsworth S. Harman was elected minister of the Harman Church of the Brethren and he was the pastor a number of years. He is grandson of the original Pastor, Rev. Asa Harmon who was elected in 1859 and for whom the town is named.
Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
1963/04/13
Description:
Rev. Asa Harman (b. 1834-d. 1902) was the first elected pastor of Harman Church of the Brethren in 1859. The town of Harman is also named after him. The Harman Church separated from a larger territory of congregations in 1897 and the church was named after the reverend. In 1921, the grandson of Asa Harman, Rev. Ellsworth Harman, was elected pastor of the church.
Mingo Presbyterian Church, Mingo, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The community members first petitioned for their own separate church from the Tygarts Valley Presbyterian Church in 1841. The church met in a union building which was built in 1851 until the present church building was dedicated in 1900.
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.
Forest Hill Methodist Church, Forest Hill District, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized before the civil war, though the exact date is unknown. During its history, the building was used for many years by justices of the peace to hold their courts and by public speakers for political meetings. The church also has one of the oldest grave yards in the county where many of the pioneer settlers are buried.
The Lick Creek Baptist Church, Green Sulphur Springs, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Established in 1832, this church was the first Baptist church organized in its area and extended a welcoming arm to other denominations, allowing them to hold services in the building whenever the Baptists were not using it.
River Ridge Baptist Church near Gravilly Point, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized before the Civil War, though the exact date is unknown. It is situated in the Pipestem District on a ridge between Pipestem Creek and New River.
Though the exact date of the church's organization is unknown; it was organized before the Civil War. It is currently located on the New River near Bellepoint.
Warder Chapel at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.
The exact date of the church's organization is unknown, but it was organized before the Civil War. The church building is no longer used regularly, but is maintained and used for events and funerals.
Andrews Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.
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.
St. Augustine Catholic Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
The church was established in the 1850's when Irish and German settlers came to the town of Grafton to build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B. & O.).
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.
Bailey Memorial Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized as a part of the Simpson Creek Church in the Bailey Settlement in a circuit of churches in 1837. A log meeting house was built in 1940. The present building was built in 1903. The name of the church changed to Bailey Memorial in 1939.
The Claysville community first started gathering when a church was built in 1802. In 1857 the Union Baptist Church was built. It later rebuilt in 1887 after a fire.
