Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia) explained

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Location:820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.2661°N -81.555°W
Architecture:Gothic
Added:October 8, 1998
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:82001767

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1887 and was a two-story, stucco building in a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. It was one of three black churches in Parkersburg and was the oldest black church building in west-central West Virginia. The church was located in a neighborhood of late 19th-century wood-frame houses only a block from downtown.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is presumed to have been demolished or moved since then.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bethel AME Church. n.d.. 2011-09-10 . Historic Preservation Unit. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.