A group of men and women gather around to dine picnic-style. Around them are parked old-fashioned automobiles. Subjects unidentified. The photograph comes from a photo album belonging to Mrs. Earl R. Zinn.
Union Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was first built around 1856 and shared between several denominations including Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists. During the Civil War the church split. In 1905 the current church was built and is served by the Methodist conference.
Standing in the front right are Mr. and Mrs. John W. Zinn, parents of Earl Ray Zinn. John Wesley Zinn married Mary M. Corrothers, daughter of William Corrothers who built the house around 1875. Earl R. Zinn married Lillian Arnett Steele.
Maidsville Methodist Church, Maidsville, Cass District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was constructed in 1858, called Westfall Chapel, and dedicated in 1859. In 1908 the church dedicated and named The Maidsville Methodist Protestant Church. It is now known as just the Maidsville Methodist Church. The church is still in the original building.
Sugar Grove Presbyterian Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized in 1835 on Stewart's Run in William Stewart's home. The location of church services changed to Sugar Grove in the 1840's when more church members lived their than in Stewart's Run. The first church was built in 1850. The current church building was built in 1887.
The Monongahela Building hosts various businesses within its walls, as seen from the windows in which those businesses display their names. The businesses vary from physician's practices, financing, real estate, and attorney practices. The building is located to the left of the courthouse.
Musical Group at WCTU Building on Fayette Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The man standing in the middle of the stage directs the musical group which consists of brass, string, woodwind, and percussion musicians inside the Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building.
St. Luke Church of Christ, Mooresville, Clay District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
The date the church was organized is unknown, but likely between 1860 and 1870. A frame church was built in 1890 but destroyed by fire in 1913. The name then changed to St. Luke Christian Church and a new building was erected in 1918.
Halleck Methodist Church, Clinton District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
The church was first built as a log church in 1954. The present frame building was built in 1873. The church has been damaged by several storms and remodeled in 1962.
Covered Bridge and Successor, Old and New West Virginia, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
A covered bridge stands next to the newer metal bridge built to replace it. The image shows both the old and the new in West Virginia and is a part of the West Virginia Centennial Church History Project.
Bula Baptist Church, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
The church was organized in 1861. The church house was built in 1869 and a new church was dedicated in 1870. In 1915 Bula Baptist Church joined with Union and West Warren Baptist Churches.
