Warder Chapel at the West Virginia Industrial School for Boys, Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
The chapel was built in what was then Williamsport, Virginia, twenty years before West Virginia became a state. The building served as a Methodist Protestant church until the Union of Methodist Churches in 1939. In 1947, the church and its grounds were sold to the Industrial School and was designated the school's institutional chapel.
The exact date of the church's organization is unknown, but it was organized before the Civil War. The church building is no longer used regularly, but is maintained and used for events and funerals.
Brooks Hill Chapel, Brooks Hill Community, Upshur County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was established c.1860 as as Methodist organization. It additionally served as a schoolhouse until a separate building was established for the church.
Bailey Memorial Methodist Church, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was organized as a part of the Simpson Creek Church in the Bailey Settlement in a circuit of churches in 1837. A log meeting house was built in 1940. The present building was built in 1903. The name of the church changed to Bailey Memorial in 1939.
Mt. Carmel Methodist Church near Tallmansville, Upshur County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
The church was established in 1843 by the first settler family, the Tenney family. The church was used by both Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant branches of Methodism.
