Otterbein Church (Evans, West Virginia)

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LocationCounty Route 87/11, near junction with County Route 5, near Evans, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°49′54″N81°47′36″W / 38.83167°N 81.79333°W / 38.83167; -81.79333
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1896
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 98000286 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 1, 1998

Otterbein Church, also known as Otterbein United Brethren Church, is a historic Methodist church near Evans, Jackson County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896, and is a single-story frame building sheathed in clapboard with a vertical wainscoting in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a square tower with rectangular vents on each side, small brackets, and a hipped-pyramidal roof. Also on the property is the church cemetery dating to roughly 1864. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [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. Katherine M. Jourdan (October 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Otterbein Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.