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Old Probst Church

Historic church in Pendleton County, West Virginia

United States historic place


Old Propst Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Old Probst Lutheran Church Marker
38°35′53″N 79°15′25″W / 38.59806°N 79.25694°W / 38.59806; -79.25694
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1769, 1887
Architect	Keister, Eugene
MPS	South Branch Valley MRA
NRHP reference No.	86000779^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 14, 1986

Old Probst Church, also known as Propst Lutheran Church, is a historic Lutheran church located near Brandywine, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built about 1887, and is a rectangular frame building with clapboard siding on a cut stone foundation. The church was in use until 1920, then renovated starting in 1968 for use as a community center. The surrounding property includes the site of the first church, built about 1769. A second log church building was removed from the site in 1885, and used as a house, and later a barn.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Phillip Pitts (October 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Probst Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.