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- IDNO:
- 051121
- Title:
- Gilboa Methodist Church, Gilboa, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established in 1842.
- IDNO:
- 051122
- Title:
- Penile Methodist Church, Hominy Falls, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established in 1822.
- IDNO:
- 051123
- Title:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 051124
- Title:
- Muddlety Methodist Church near Summersville, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church is located in Hookersville Rural Station and was established in 1825.
- IDNO:
- 051125
- Title:
- Zoar Baptist Church, Keslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established in 1824 after a series of meetings took place in the homes of settles, sometimes forcing attendees to travel as many as 50 miles.
- IDNO:
- 051126
- Title:
- New Prospect Baptist Church, Leivasy, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was officially organized in 1860 at the close of a "revival crusade."
- IDNO:
- 051127
- Title:
- Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Mt. Lookout, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established in 1850. Of the 60 original members, 29 of them were part of the McClung family.
- IDNO:
- 051128
- Title:
- Sand Lick Baptist Church, Laurel Fork, Webster County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was organized in 1860. The present church was built sometime around 1930-1940. Previously church members, both Primitive Baptists and Missionary Baptists, worshiping in barns, outside, or in homes in the community.
- IDNO:
- 051129
- Title:
- Gilgal Methodist Church near Mt. Nebo, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established before 1847 when a small group of Christians decided to build a church in what is now the Mt. Nebo community. Grave markers for Civil War veterans can still be found in the church's graveyard today. The exact date of the church's establishment is unknown.
- IDNO:
- 051130
- Title:
- Bethel Methodist Church, Poe, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established some time between 1803 and 1810. During the Civil War, church members were openly divided as "northern" members would hold service inside the church while "southern" members would stand outside or vice-versa.
- IDNO:
- 051131
- Title:
- Memorial Methodist Church, Summersville, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established in 1820 and officially unified all branches of the denomination within the Summersville area in 1939.
- IDNO:
- 051132
- Title:
- St. John's Catholic Church, Summersville, Nicholas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The church was established in 1818 after years of mass ceremonies, baptisms, and other sacraments were administered in people's homes. During the Civil War, both the Union and Confederate soldiers used the original building for a fort and base hospital before Union soldiers completely destroyed it.