St. Bernard Church and Cemetery | |
Location: | County Routes 20/6 and 17/2, near Camden, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.9931°N -80.5928°W |
Built: | 1909 |
Architect: | Arnold, Al; Puffenberger, Mr. |
Architecture: | Gothic |
Added: | July 12, 1985 |
Refnum: | 85001583 |
St. Bernard Church and Cemetery is a historic Roman Catholic church and cemetery near Camden, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1909, and is a rectangular gable-roofed, one-story frame structure in the Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story entrance bell tower. The property includes the church cemetery; it includes the grave of Father Thomas Aquinas Quirk (1845–1937). Most of the settlers in the region, including the congregants of the church, were of Irish descent.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.