Otterbein Church (Evans, West Virginia)

Otterbein Church, also known as Otterbein United Brethren Church, is a historic Methodist church near Evans, Jackson County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896, and is a single-story frame building sheathed in clapboard with a vertical wainscoting in the Late Gothic Revival-style. It features a square tower with rectangular vents on each side, small brackets, and a hipped-pyramidal roof. Also on the property is the church cemetery dating to roughly 1864.[2]

Otterbein Church
LocationCounty Route 87/11, near junction with County Route 5, near Evans, West Virginia
Coordinates38°49′54″N 81°47′36″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1896
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.98000286[1]
Added to NRHPApril 1, 1998

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Katherine M. Jourdan (October 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Otterbein Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.


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