Wyco Church Explained

Wyco Church
Location:County Route 12/1, approximately 1 mile north of County Route 16, near Mullens, West Virginia
Coordinates:37.5989°N -81.3428°W
Built:1917
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:March 31, 2010
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:10000168[1]

Wyco Church, also known as Wyco Community Church, Wyco Independent Church, Wyco Freewill Baptist Church, and Wyco Independent Baptist Church, is a historic Baptist church located near Mullens, Wyoming County, West Virginia. It was built in 1917, and is a rectangular frame building with a front gable-roof and set a cut sandstone foundation. It is clad in wood clapboard and features lancet windows and a prominent, recessed entrance in the Late Gothic Revival style. It was constructed by Coal Baron Major W.T. Tam's carpenters for use by coal miners and their families at the Wyco coal town .[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2010-04-09. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/29/10 through 4/02/10. National Park Service.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wyco Church. January 2010. 2011-07-09 . Shirley Weaver . Catherine Bell . Dewey Houck . Lynn Stasick . Rebekah Karelis . Erin Riebe . amp . State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.