Gormania Presbyterian Church
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Gormania Presbyterian Church | |
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Location | Mabis Ave., 0.1 mi. S of US 50, Gormania, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°17′33″N 79°20′46″W / 39.2925°N 79.3461°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1888 |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 05001008[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 7, 2005 |
Gormania Presbyterian Church, now known as Gormania United Methodist Church, is a historic Presbyterian church on Mabis Avenue, 0.1 miles south of US 50 in Gormania, Grant County, West Virginia. It was built in 1888, and is a single-story ornate wooden structure in a late form of the Gothic Revival style. It features a corner entrance bell tower and tall spire. A rear addition including three Sunday school rooms was built in 1925. It was occupied by a Presbyterian congregation until the 1980s. In 1994, the Gormania United Methodist Church purchased the building.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Sonny O’Haver, Erin Riebe and Alan Rowe (April 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gormania Presbyterian Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- United Methodist churches in West Virginia
- Presbyterian churches in West Virginia
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in West Virginia
- Churches completed in 1888
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Grant County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Grant County, West Virginia
- 1888 establishments in West Virginia
- Potomac Highlands Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States church stubs
- West Virginia building and structure stubs