Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1887 and was a two-story, stucco building in a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. It was one of three black churches in Parkersburg and was the oldest black church building in west-central West Virginia. The church was located in a neighborhood of late 19th-century wood-frame houses only a block from downtown.[2][3]

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia) is located in West Virginia
Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia) is located in the United States
Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
Location820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°15′58″N 81°33′18″W
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleGothic
MPSDowntown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.82001767[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1998

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] It is presumed to have been demolished or moved since then.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. African American Historic Places, p. 535, at Google Books
  3. Historic Preservation Unit (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bethel AME Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.


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