Old Probst Church Explained

Old Propst Church
Location:County Route 21/9, near Brandywine, West Virginia
Coordinates:38.5981°N -79.2569°W
Built:1769, 1887
Architect:Keister, Eugene
Added:January 14, 1986
Refnum:86000779

Old Probst Church, also known as Propst Lutheran Church, is a historic Lutheran church located near Brandywine, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built about 1887, and is a rectangular frame building with clapboard siding on a cut stone foundation. The church was in use until 1920, then renovated starting in 1968 for use as a community center. The surrounding property includes the site of the first church, built about 1769. A second log church building was removed from the site in 1885, and used as a house, and later a barn.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Probst Church. October 1975. 2011-09-01 . Phillip Pitts. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.