Glady Presbyterian Church and Manse

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Glady Presbyterian Church and Manse
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Glady Presbyterian Church in 2011
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LocationJct. of Randolph Ave. and 1st St., Glady, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°47′52″N79°43′10″W / 38.79778°N 79.71944°W / 38.79778; -79.71944 Coordinates: 38°47′52″N79°43′10″W / 38.79778°N 79.71944°W / 38.79778; -79.71944
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1905
ArchitectGlady Fork Lumber Company
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 05001347 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 30, 2005

Glady Presbyterian Church and Manse is a historic Presbyterian church and parsonage at the junction of Randolph Ave. and 1st Street in Glady, Randolph County, West Virginia. The church was built in 1905, and is a Late Gothic Revival style building. It sits on a stone pier foundation, has wood drop siding and a standing seam metal, front gable roof with exposed, curved rafter ends under the eaves. It features a pyramidal steeple. The manse was built in 1908, and is a simple, two-story, American Foursquare building on a concrete block foundation and a hipped roof. Also on the property is a privy built by the Works Progress Administration about 1935. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [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. Lenzie Hedrick with Erin M. Riebe (September 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Glady Presbyterian Church and Manse" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.