West Liberty Presbyterian Church, also known as West Liberty Federated Church, was a historic Presbyterian church located at West Liberty, Ohio County, West Virginia, US. It was built in 1873 to a design by Wheeling architect Stanton M. Howard.[2] It was a simple rectangle in form with a projecting vestibule, in the Late Victorian Gothic style. It was constructed of brick and stone, with steeply pitched roofs, parapet gables, and an open belfry. The church was active in founding West Liberty Academy in 1838, which is now West Liberty University.[3]
West Liberty Presbyterian Church | |
 Site where the church was once located | |
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| Location | Main Street, West Liberty, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 40°10′7″N 80°35′36″W / 40.16861°N 80.59333°W |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| Built | 1873 |
| Architect | Stanton M. Howard |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| NRHP reference No. | 80004407[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 3, 1980 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It has since been demolished, and the site redeveloped as a small park.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Chambers, S. Allen. Buildings of West Virginia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- ^ James E. Harding (March 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: West Liberty Presbyterian Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2016.