Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church

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Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
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Location420 Ben St., Clarksburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°16′37″N80°20′11″W / 39.27694°N 80.33639°W / 39.27694; -80.33639
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1902
NRHP reference No. 84003584 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1984

The Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Trinity Methodist Church, was a historic Methodist Episcopal church at 420 Ben Street in Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. It was built in 1902, and was a modest late-Victorian Gothic-Romanesque style brick structure. It was a two-story rectangular building with a slate covered gable roof. It featured a three-story, square bell tower with an open belfry. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] Since that time, it has been demolished. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Rodney S. Collins (November 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
  3. Harrison County, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2010. Accessed 2010-09-14.