Alberts Chapel

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Alberts Chapel
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Location Sand Ridge, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°48′22″N81°3′41″W / 38.80611°N 81.06139°W / 38.80611; -81.06139
Built1903
ArchitectCharles Poling
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 82004315
Added to NRHPApril 15, 1982 [1]

Alberts Chapel is an unusual octagonal Methodist church located near the settlement of Sand Ridge, West Virginia, United States. Built in the Carpenter Gothic-style, the simple, sparingly ornamented church rises to an octagonal cupola, with lancet windows and board-and-batten siding. The chapel was built in 1903 under the direction of Albert Poling by his uncle Charles Poling with materials provided by his brothers Asbury and Wesley. The church was named for Albert in recognition of his efforts. [2]

The chapel seats as many as 300, a surprising number for such an apparently small building. A possibly apocryphal account of the origins of the octagonal design suggests that the form was chosen "so that the devil couldn't corner you in it." [2] Suffering from advanced deterioration the chapel was entirely rebuilt in 2004, with little of the original fabric remaining. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 Rodney S. Collins (December 15, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Alberts Chapel" (PDF). National Park Service.
  3. Chambers, S. Allen (2004). "Oil Country (Mid-Ohio Valley)". Buildings of West Virginia. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 239. ISBN   0-19-516548-9.

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