Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | |
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Location | 820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°15′58″N81°33′18″W / 39.26611°N 81.55500°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Architectural style | Gothic |
MPS | Downtown Parkersburg MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 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 was 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 is presumed to have been demolished or moved since then.