International Mother's Day Shrine

"Andrews Methodist Church" redirects here. For the church in Brooklyn, see Andrews United Methodist Church.

Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
International Mother's Day Shrine is located in West Virginia
International Mother's Day Shrine
International Mother's Day Shrine is located in the United States
International Mother's Day Shrine
Location11 E. Main St., Grafton, WV
Coordinates39°20′26.64″N 80°1′6.75″W / 39.3407333°N 80.0185417°W / 39.3407333; -80.0185417
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1873 (1873)
ArchitectPhillips and Anderson
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.70000667
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1970[1]
Designated NHLOctober 5, 1992[2]

Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, the "mother church" of Mother's Day, was incorporated as the International Mother's Day Shrine on May 15, 1962, as a shrine to all mothers.[3] It is best known for being the place that Anna Jarvis conceived of the idea of Mother's Day.[4] The church is located along Main Street in downtown Grafton in Taylor County, West Virginia.[5]

The church building is dedicated to Edward Gayer Andrews, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who presided over the dedication service on 16 March 1873.[6] The International Mother's Day Shrine was designated a National Historic Landmark October 5, 1992.[2] Its location is approximately one mile south of the junction of U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 119. The shrine holds a Mother's Day liturgy annually and is open by appointment, as well as being available for wedding services and tour groups.[6]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
  3. ^ "Grafton's 150th Celebration". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved June 7, 2006.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Miller, Page Putnam; Mesirow, Jill (April 20, 1992). "Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. National Park Service. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Taylor County. Arcadia Publishing. 2000. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7385-0588-6.