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.