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The church was organized in 1853.  The current building was completed in 1856.

1. St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Proctor, Marshall County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1833 and the original log building was erected in the same year.  The church building pictured was built in the Spring of 1869.

2. Hebron Baptist Church, Marion County, W. Va.

A crowd lines each side of High Street as parade floats travel down the street at 10 a.m.  The first float visible is shaped like a clothes iron.

3. Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.

Crowds fill the streets of Morgantown, W. Va. anticipating the parade. In the background is a Union Bank, right, and the building that is now Hotel Morgan, center.

4. Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Celebration, Morgantown, W. Va.

A crowd watches from the street as parade floats make their way down High Street. On the right, in front of the courthouse, is likely the grandstand.

5. Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Parade, Morgantown, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1849.  The first two buildings burned down, and the present church was erected in 1895.

6. Liming Ridge Church of Christ, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was built in 1883 near the town of Newburg.

7. Concord Community Church, Fine Forks, Preston County, W. Va.

The two churches of different denominations stand next to each other on a hill above a covered bridge. West Warren Baptist is on the left, Wadestown Methodist is in the middle, and in the lower right of the image is the covered bridge.

8. West Warren Baptist Church and Wadestown Methodist Church, Battelle District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Mrs. White, wife of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company president, is pictured with an unidentified man during the centennial event.

9. Mrs. White at B and O Railroad Covered Bridge Centennial, Philippi, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1855 in the Ten Mile District.  The original church had to relocated to clear the way for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

10. Point Pleasant Methodist Church, Maken, Harrison County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1841.  The current church was built in 1921.

11. Bethesda Baptist Church, Barrackville, Marion County, W. Va.

This church was organized in 1869.

12. The First Universalist Church in Marshall County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1869.

13. Universalist Church Located at Forks Ridge, Marshall County, W. Va.

The photo of the church was printed on the front page of the morning worship service pamphlet, where on the back serves as an itinerary and hymnal guide.The church was established prior to August of 1855. By the 1960's, it held the largest congregation in all of Berkeley Springs.

14. First Evangelical United Brethren Church Morning Worship Service Pamphlet, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

The Evangelical United Brethren church was organized in 1854.The caption written on the back of the image reads:"First row of adults, left to right: A.J. Summers, retired M.E. Minister; Rev. Donald Lockhart - the pastor in 1955; Dr. J.L. Miles E.U.B. Conference Superintendent in 1955.Just behind and to the left are two former pastors of our church, left to right: Paul Brake, Rev. E.A. Crites of Bridgeport, W. Va."

15. Mount Olive E. U. B. Church, Harrison County, W. Va.

The church building was erected in the early 1900's after years of holding services in a school house. The organization was likely established in the 1850's.

16. Circleville Methodist Church, Circleville, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Established in 1836, it was the first ever church to be organized in what is now Raleigh County.

17. Coal Marsh Baptist Church, Glen Daniel, Raleigh County, W. Va.

The Oakland Methodist church is probably the oldest continuous rural congregation in Morgan County. It was officially established in 1824.

18. Oakland Methodist Church, Timber Ridge District, Morgan County, W. Va.

The church was organized in 1833.

19. Waldeck Methodist Church, Weston, Lewis County, W. Va.

The church was first organized on Mozart Road in the early 1850s.  The church was built on Old Fairmont Pike between 1855 and 1857. The current building was built in 1959.

20. Mount Olivet Methodist Church, Wheeling, Marshall County, W. Va.

The building was erected as a house of worship in 1859.

21. Methodist Protestant Church, Independence, Preston County, W. Va.

The church is located on Little Indian Creek.  There have been three buildings for the church.  The first church was built in 1800.  The current church building was built and dedicated in 1901 and it was named for the Lynch family.

22. Lynch Chapel Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church was first organized in 1893.  It was originally a Southern Methodist Church.

23. Mount Hood Methodist Church, Everettville, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

The church is located close to Booth, W. Va. Church services have been held there since approximately 1851.

24. Riverseam Methodist Church, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.