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Old Bethany Church

Coordinates: 40°12′23″N 80°33′15″W / 40.20639°N 80.55417°W / 40.20639; -80.55417
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Old Bethany Church
Front and side of the church
Old Bethany Church is located in West Virginia
Old Bethany Church
Old Bethany Church is located in the United States
Old Bethany Church
LocationMain and Church Sts., Bethany, West Virginia
Coordinates40°12′23″N 80°33′15″W / 40.20639°N 80.55417°W / 40.20639; -80.55417
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1852
NRHP reference No.76001932[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 1976

Old Bethany Church, also known as Old Bethany Church of Christ and Old Meetinghouse of the Bethany, is a historic Disciples of Christ church located at Main and Church Streets in Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1852, and is a two bay by five bay, brick meeting house-style building on a fieldstone and sandstone foundation. It is the second church building on this site and notable in the Disciples of Christ for its association with Alexander Campbell (1788–1866).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ James E. Harding (March 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Bethany Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

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