You are here

West Virginia » Potomac Highlands » Hampshire County » Three Churches » Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist Church

Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist Church

-A A +A
Mid-19th century. Northwest side of Hampshire County 5, immediately south of the intersection with Hampshire County 5/4 (Three Churches Hollow Rd.)

Built on the site of a c. 1792 log church that served both Baptists and Presbyterians, this rectangular frame building with a single entrance in its gable end stretches four bays in length. The cemetery dates from the late eighteenth century and contains a number of early sandstone markers.

Writing Credits

Author: 
S. Allen Chambers Jr.
×

Data

What's Nearby

Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church
Branch Mountain United Methodist Church
Hampshire County Courthouse
Literary Hall
Wilson-Woodrow-Mytinger House

Citation

S. Allen Chambers Jr., "Mount Bethel Primitive Baptist Church", [, West Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/WV-01-HM6.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,