Tygarts Valley Church

Historic church in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Tygarts Valley Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°43′04″N 79°58′39″W / 38.71773°N 79.9774°W / 38.71773; -79.9774
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1883
Architect	Isaac Pursell; Chenowith, Lemuel
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP reference No.	86000797^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 15, 1986

Tygarts Valley Church, also known as Tygarts Valley Presbyterian Church, is a Presbyterian church on U.S. Routes 219/250 in Huttonsville, Randolph County, West Virginia. It was built in 1883 in a wooden Gothic Revival architectural style on a sandstone foundation. The church measures 61 by 31 feet (18.6 by 9.4 m) and features a 105-foot-tall (32 m) spire.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[3]

The Philadelphia architectural firm of Isaac Purcell designed the building. Bridge builder Lemuel Chenoweth was responsible for the construction. The colorful windows, are rolled cathedral glass, imported from Scotland.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ William T. Wright (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tygarts Valley Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c . 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050253/http://wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/randolph/86000797.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-02-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)