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Buffalo Church

Coordinates: 38°57′57″N 81°25′16″W / 38.96583°N 81.42111°W / 38.96583; -81.42111
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Buffalo Church
Buffalo Church is located in West Virginia
Buffalo Church
Buffalo Church is located in the United States
Buffalo Church
Nearest cityPalestine, West Virginia
Coordinates38°57′57″N 81°25′16″W / 38.96583°N 81.42111°W / 38.96583; -81.42111
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1884
ArchitectMcCoy, Andrew; McClung, Matthew
Architectural styleLog architecture
NRHP reference No.89001781[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 29, 1990

Buffalo Church is a historic Methodist church located near Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. It was built between 1884 and 1886, and is a one-story, oblong log structure with exterior weatherboarding of beech wood and interior finish of wood boards on walls and ceiling. It is painted white on the inside and outside. Also on the property is the church cemetery, and three outbuildings: two pit toilets and a storage building that were constructed by workers associated with the Work Projects Administration.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Paul D. Marshall (April 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Buffalo Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
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