Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Site of the now-destroyed church
Location	820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°15′58″N 81°33′18″W / 39.26611°N 81.55500°WCoordinates: 39°15′58″N 81°33′18″W / 39.26611°N 81.55500°W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Gothic
MPS	Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP Reference #	82001767[1]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1998

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 is 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]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1] It has since been demolished.

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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.