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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia) is located in West Virginia
Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
Location in West Virginia
Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia) is located in the United States
Bethel AME Church (Parkersburg, West Virginia)
Location in the United States
Location 820 Clay St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Gothic
MPS Downtown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No. 82001767
Added to NRHP October 8, 1998

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1887, and was a two-story, stucco building in a vernacular interpretation of the Gothic Revival style. It was one of three black churches in Parkersburg and was the oldest black church building in west central West Virginia. The church was located in a neighborhood of late 19th-century wood-frame houses only a block from downtown.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is presumed to have been demolished or moved since then.

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