Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church

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Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church
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LocationJunction of County Routes 32 and 41, near Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°37′23″N80°5′5″W / 39.62306°N 80.08472°W / 39.62306; -80.08472
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1902
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 06001046 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 2006

Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located near Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1902, and is a small, one-story, rectangular church in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a steeple bell tower with a pyramidal roof with folk Victorian accents such as delicate brackets and scrollwork. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Hannah Leigh Cole (August 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.