Good Shepherd Church

Good Shepherd Church
Location SR 61 SW of East Bank, Coalburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°12′37″N 81°27′22″W / 38.21028°N 81.45611°WCoordinates: 38°12′37″N 81°27′22″W / 38.21028°N 81.45611°W
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1877
Architect Canterbury, John; Thompson, Andy
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 90000712[1]
Added to NRHP April 26, 1990

Good Shepherd Church, also known as Good Shepherd Mission, is a historic Roman Catholic church at SR 61 SW of East Bank Coalburg, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was built about 1880, and consists of a five bay, one-story ell with a steeply pitched front gabled roof. It sits on a high raised limestone foundation. Also on the property is an ornate Celtic cross that rests on earth from County Kerry, Ireland, and was placed there in 1912.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. Michael J. Pauley (January 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Good Shepherd Church". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.