First Presbyterian Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
First Presbyterian Church/Calvary Temple Evangelical Church | |
Location | 946 Market St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°16′8″N 81°33′16″W / 39.26889°N 81.55444°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1894 |
Architect | Crapsey & Brown; Higgs, John S. |
Architectural style | Romanesque, Gothic Revival |
Part of | Avery Street Historic District (ID86000849) |
MPS | Downtown Parkersburg MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 82001775[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 10, 1982 |
First Presbyterian Church, also known as the Calvary Temple Evangelical Church and St. Patrick's Priory Church, is a historic church at 946 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a two-story, brick and stone church building in a combined Romanesque / Gothic Revival style. It features a corner bell tower.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,[1] and it is a contributing property to the Avery Street Historic District, which was designated and listed on the National Register in 1986.[3]
Since 2016, the church building has been home to St. Patrick's Priory Church, a congregation of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints in the Anglican Church in North America.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Eliza Smith, Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: First Presbyterian Church/Calvary Temple Evangelical Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- ^ Michael J. Pauley (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Avery Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. p. 36. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
- ^ Saulton, Jeff (March 16, 2017). "St. Patrick's Priory Church in Parkersburg to welcome new members". Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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- Buildings and structures in Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Former Presbyterian churches in the United States
- Anglican Church in North America church buildings in the United States
- Gothic Revival church buildings in West Virginia
- Churches completed in 1894
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Wood County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in West Virginia
- 19th-century Anglican church buildings in the United States
- Mid-Ohio Valley, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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