Sam Black Church
For the band, see Sam Black Church (band).
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| Nearest city | Smoot, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°53′55″N 80°37′50″W / 37.89861°N 80.63056°WCoordinates: 37°53′55″N 80°37′50″W / 37.89861°N 80.63056°W |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # |
99000288 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 5, 1999 |
Sam Black Church, known today as Sam Black United Methodist Church,[2] is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church located at Sam Black Church near the unincorporated community of Smoot in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
The historic white frame church was built in 1902 and named in honor of Rev. Samuel Black, a circuit-riding Southern Methodist preacher. It is a small one story building with a gable roof. It features a square, open bell tower with a hipped roof. It is located at the intersection of Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 60 on the Midland Trail, a National Scenic Byway.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ County Convention & Visitors Bureau listing for Sam Black Church
- ↑ Katherine Jourdan (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sam Black Church". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
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