Ambrose Chapel, Rock Gap District, Morgan County, W. Va.
- Identifier:
- 051101
- Collection Number:
- A&M 1667
- Title:
- 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.
- Acquisition Source:
- Centennial Church History Project. County Chairman
- Acquisition Method:
- Gift
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView