Gormania Presbyterian Church Explained

Gormania Presbyterian Church
Location:Mabis Ave., 0.1 mi. S of US 50, Gormania, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.2925°N -79.3461°W
Built:1888
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:September 7, 2005
Refnum:05001008

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gormania Presbyterian Church. April 2003. 2011-06-20 . Sonny O’Haver, Erin Riebe and Alan Rowe. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.