West Union Presbyterian Church
West Union Presbyterian Church | |
Thomas Metcalfe | |
NRHP reference No. | 76001359[1] |
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Added to NRHP | November 18, 1976 |
West Union Presbyterian Church is a historic congregation of the
Organic history
In the first years after the congregation's 1800 organization, the members worshipped along
As the congregation became more solidly established, it was served by a succession of ministers who used their positions to oppose
Membership in 2013 was seventy-two, having fallen by more than sixty over the previous ten years, and that year's average worship attendance of twenty-nine represented a decline of more than fifty percent since 2003.[6]
Building
Built of stone, the church features a simple front gable design with the entrance at the center of the facade, under a small frame shelter. Most windows are placed on the side, under the asbestos-covered roof. A small bell tower sits atop the roof, placed near the front of the building.[7] While the original stone building remains largely intact, a frame addition was attached to the building's rear in 1941.[5]
In 1976, the West Union Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its connection to Metcalfe. It is one of three Register-listed buildings in West Union, along with the Cockerill House and the Tet Woods Building, and one of several Metcalfe-built structures with the same designation.[1]
Notes
^ a: The subscription process consisted of gathering pledges to pay money toward a stated goal; in this instance, the members of the church pledged labor and materials for the construction and money to pay for additional needs.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Evans, Nelson W., and Emmons B. Stivers. A History of Adams County, Ohio from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Including Character Sketches of the Prominent Persons Identified with the First Century of the County's Growth and Containing Numerous Engravings and Illustrations. West Union: Stivers, 1900, 477.
- ^ Scouller, James B. A Manual of the United Presbyterian Church of North America 1751-1881. Harrisburg: Patriot, 1881, 146.
- ^ a b c First Presbyterian Church, Ohio Historical Society, 2002. Accessed 2015-12-25.
- ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 7.
- ^ First, West Union, OH, PC(USA) Research Services, 2014. Accessed 2015-12-25.
- Ohio Historical Society, 2015. Accessed 2015-12-25.