St. Bernard Church and Cemetery

St. Bernard Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	County Routes 20/6 and 17/2, near Camden, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°59′35″N 80°35′34″W / 38.99306°N 80.59278°W / 38.99306; -80.59278Coordinates: 38°59′35″N 80°35′34″W / 38.99306°N 80.59278°W / 38.99306; -80.59278
Area	2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built	1909
Architect	Arnold, Al; Puffenberger, Mr.
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP Reference #	85001583^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 12, 1985

St. Bernard Church and Cemetery is a historic Roman Catholic church and cemetery near Camden, Lewis County, West Virginia. It was built in 1909, and is a rectangular gable-roofed, one-story frame structure in the Gothic Revival style. It features a two-story entrance bell tower. The property includes the church cemetery; it includes the grave of Father Thomas Aquinas Quirk (1845-1937). Most of the settlers in the region, including the congregants of the church, were of Irish descent.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

Media related to St. Bernard Church and Cemetery (Lewis County, West Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons

1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Rodney S. Collins (February 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Bernard Church and Cemetery" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.

Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

Bishops	Ordinaries Richard Vincent Whelan John Joseph Kain Patrick James Donahue John Joseph Swint Joseph Howard Hodges Francis B. Schulte Bernard William Schmitt Michael Joseph Bransfield Coadjutor Thomas John McDonnell Auxiliary James Edward Michaels

Churches	Cathedrals Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston Parishes Good Shepherd Church, Coalburg St. Peter's Church, Harpers Ferry St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg Former parishes St. Bernard Church, Camden St. Colman's Church, Dillon

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