- Mt. Pleasant School (Gerrardstown, West Virginia)
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Mt. Pleasant School
Location: Abiding Way, near Gerrardstown, West Virginia Coordinates: 39°21′49″N 78°7′28″W / 39.36361°N 78.12444°WCoordinates: 39°21′49″N 78°7′28″W / 39.36361°N 78.12444°W Area: less than one acre Built: c. 1897 Architectural style: Gable-front Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 08000928
[1]Added to NRHP: September 18, 2008 Mt. Pleasant School, now known as Mt. Olive Methodist Church, is a historic one-room school building located near Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1897 and is a one story, gable roofed vernacular building. It measures approximately 24 feet wide and 39 feet deep. The exterior is finished in native random ashlar limestone. It is built into the slope of the hillside, and features a raised front porch. The school was built for African American children. It ceased use as a school in 1939 and began use as a church in 1942.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ David L. Taylor, (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mt. Pleasant School". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/08000928.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Lists by county Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Grant • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Lincoln • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Mineral • Mingo • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Summers • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming
Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- One-room schoolhouses
- African American history of West Virginia
- Schools on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- School buildings completed in 1897
- Schools in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkeley County, West Virginia
- Defunct schools in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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