Buffalo Church Explained

Buffalo Church
Nearest City:Palestine, West Virginia
Coordinates:38.9658°N -81.4211°W
Built:1884
Architect:McCoy, Andrew; McClung, Matthew
Architecture:Log architecture
Added:January 29, 1990
Refnum:89001781

Buffalo Church is a historic Methodist church located near Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. It was built between 1884 and 1886, and is a one-story, oblong log structure with exterior weatherboarding of beech wood and interior finish of wood boards on walls and ceiling. It is painted white on the inside and outside. Also on the property is the church cemetery, and three outbuildings: two pit toilets and a storage building that were constructed by workers associated with the Work Projects Administration.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buffalo Church. April 1989. 2011-07-09 . Paul D. Marshall. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.