Old Bethany Church

{{short description|Historic church in West Virginia, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Old Bethany Church

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| image = Old Bethany Church in color.jpg

| caption = Front and side of the church

| location = Main and Church Sts., Bethany, West Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|40|12|23|N|80|33|15|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = West Virginia#USA

| built = 1852

| architecture =

| added = December 12, 1976

| area = {{convert|2|acre}}

| refnum = 76001932{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Old Bethany Church, also known as Old Bethany Church of Christ and Old Meetinghouse of the Bethany, is a historic Disciples of Christ church located at Main and Church Streets in Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia. It was built in 1852, and is a two bay by five bay, brick meeting house-style building on a fieldstone and sandstone foundation. It is the second church building on this site and notable in the Disciples of Christ for its association with Alexander Campbell (1788–1866).{{cite web|url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Bethany-church-of-Christ.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Bethany Church|date=March 1976|accessdate=2011-07-23 |author= James E. Harding|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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