Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, North side of I-70, immediately adjacent to Township Road 614, California, Washington County, PA
Summary
Significance: Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church is an intact example of a Western Pennsylvania rural vernacular church building influenced by the Gothic tradition. The church'sconfiguration and detail are an interpretation of the Gothic Revival rural church developed by Richard Upjohn. Ebenezer demonstrates the late 19th century perpetuation of this tradition by the Methodist Episcopal Church .
Survey number: HABS PA-5375
Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1948 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
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Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Price, Benjamin D
Moss, John
Long, Warner
Blackhurst, Wilbur P
Location
California (Washington County, Pa.), 40.06563, -79.89171
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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