AUGUSTA GALLERY
 of WEST VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE 

CHURCHES
   
   

 

 

This old country church is near Falls Mill in Braxton County. Many nineteenth century churches had separate entrances for women and men.  (B1195F)

 

The Upper Sleith Church in Braxton County typifies the small country churches that dot the landscape in rural West Virginia.  (B50589K)

 

This Presbyterian church is in Huttonsville, West Virginia and was built by Lemuel Chenoweth, who also was a loom builder and constructed the famous covered bridge at Philippi.  (B3892B)