Tygarts Valley Church
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| Location | U.S. Routes 219/250 Huttonsville, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°43′04″N 79°58′39″W / 38.71773°N 79.9774°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1883 |
| Architect | Isaac Pursell; Chenowith, Lemuel |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000797[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1986 |
Tygarts Valley Church, also known as Tygarts Valley Presbyterian Church, is a Presbyterian church on U.S. Routes 219/250 in Huttonsville, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was built in 1883 in a wooden Gothic Revival architectural style on a sandstone foundation. The church measures 61 by 31 feet (18.6 by 9.4 m) and features a 105-foot-tall (32 m) spire.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[3]
The Philadelphia architectural firm of Isaac Purcell designed the building. Bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth was responsible for the construction. The colorful windows, are rolled cathedral glass, imported from Scotland.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ William T. Wright (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tygarts Valley Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tygarts Valley Church" (PDF). 2016-03-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Presbyterian churches in West Virginia
- Gothic Revival church buildings in West Virginia
- Churches completed in 1883
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Randolph County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, West Virginia
- U.S. Route 250