Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia)

For other places called Hebron Church, see Hebron Church.

Hebron Church
The main façade of the church with two white doors and upper windows
Main façade (northwestern elevation) of Hebron Church, 2015
A county map of the U.S. state of West Virginia with the location of Hebron Church highlighted with a red dot
A county map of the U.S. state of West Virginia with the location of Hebron Church highlighted with a red dot
Hebron Church
A county map of the U.S. state of West Virginia with the location of Hebron Church highlighted with a red dot
A county map of the U.S. state of West Virginia with the location of Hebron Church highlighted with a red dot
Hebron Church
A county map of the U.S. state of West Virginia with the location of Hebron Church highlighted with a red dot
A county map of the U.S. state of West Virginia with the location of Hebron Church highlighted with a red dot
Hebron Church
Location10851 Carpers Pike
(West Virginia Route 259)
Intermont, West Virginia, United States[2]
Coordinates39°09′03″N 78°32′30″W / 39.15083°N 78.54167°W / 39.15083; -78.54167
Area3.879 acres (1.570 ha)
Built1849, 1905
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.14001057[1]
Designated December 16, 2014

Hebron Church (also historically known as Great Capon Church, Hebron Lutheran Church, and Hebron Evangelical Lutheran Church) is a mid-19th-century Lutheran church in Intermont, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Hebron Church was founded in 1786 by German settlers in the Cacapon River Valley, making it the first Lutheran church west of the Shenandoah Valley. The congregation worshiped in a log church, which initially served both Lutheran and Reformed denominations. Its congregation was originally German-speaking; the church's documents and religious services were in German until 1821, when records and sermons transitioned to English.

The church's congregation built the present Greek Revival-style 1+1⁄2-story church building in 1849, when it was renamed Hebron on the Cacapon. The original log church was moved across the road and subsequently used as a sexton's house, Sunday school classroom, and public schoolhouse (attended by future West Virginia governor Herman G. Kump).

To celebrate the congregation's 175th anniversary in 1961, Hebron Church constructed a brick community and religious education building designed to be architecturally compatible with the 1849 brick church. As of October 2015, the church continues to be used by the West Virginia-Western Maryland Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Hebron Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 2014, for its architectural distinction as a local example of vernacular Greek Revival church architecture in the Potomac Highlands.

  1. ^ "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/15/14 through 12/19/14". National Park Service. December 24, 2014. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Scaffidi 2014, p. 1 of the PDF file.