Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
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The Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Trinity Methodist Church, was a historic Methodist Episcopal
church at 420 Ben Street in Clarksburg
, Harrison County, West Virginia
. It was built in 1902, and was a modest late-Victorian Gothic-Romanesque style brick structure. It was a two story rectangular building with a slate
covered gable roof. It featured a three story, square bell tower with an open belfry
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1984. Since that time, it has been demolished.
Methodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, was a development of the first expression of Methodism in the United States. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops. Through a series of...
church at 420 Ben Street in Clarksburg
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...
, Harrison County, West Virginia
Harrison County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 68,652 people, 27,867 households, and 19,088 families residing in the county. The population density was 165 people per square mile . There were 31,112 housing units at an average density of 75 per square mile...
. It was built in 1902, and was a modest late-Victorian Gothic-Romanesque style brick structure. It was a two story rectangular building with a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
covered gable roof. It featured a three story, square bell tower with an open belfry
Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower which contains one or more bells, or which is designed to hold bells, even if it has none. In the European tradition, such a tower most commonly serves as part of a church and contains church bells. When attached to a city hall or other civic building, especially in...
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1984. Since that time, it has been demolished.