Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church (Charleston, West Virginia)
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Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church | |
Location | 607 Shrewsbury St., Charleston, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°21′6″N 81°37′44″W / 38.35167°N 81.62889°W |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | David Dick; Conker Brothers |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 91001011 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 05, 1991 |
Simpson Memorial United Methodist Church, historically known as the Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal Church, now United Methodist, located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was constructed in 1914 and is a nearly square building on a high foundation. It features a high pitched hipped roof with platform and four story square bell tower. It is of late Gothic Revival styling with features common to many American Protestant churches of the early 20th century.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.
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Categories:
- 20th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
- African-American history of West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Charleston, West Virginia
- Churches in Kanawha County, West Virginia
- Gothic Revival church buildings in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, West Virginia
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Churches completed in 1914
- United Methodist churches in West Virginia
- Methodist Episcopal churches in the United States
- Kanawha County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States church stubs
- West Virginia building and structure stubs