Hebron Church (Intermont, West Virginia)
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Hebron Church
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Main façade (northwestern elevation) of Hebron Church, 2015
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| Location | 10851 Carpers Pike (West Virginia Route 259) Intermont, West Virginia, United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°09′03″N 78°32′32″W / 39.15083°N 78.54222°WCoordinates: 39°09′03″N 78°32′32″W / 39.15083°N 78.54222°W |
| Area | 3.879 acres (1.570 ha) |
| Built | 1849, 1905 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 14001057 |
| 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.
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