Sam Black Church

For the band, see Sam Black Church (band).

Sam Black Church, known today as Sam Black United Methodist Church,^[2] is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church located at Sam Black Church near the unincorporated community of Smoot in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Sam Black Church, 2017

Sam Black Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sam Black Church, November 2007
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Nearest city	Smoot, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°53′55″N 80°37′50″W
Built	1901
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	99000288 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 5, 1999

The historic white frame church was built in 1902 and named in honor of Reverend Sam Black, a circuit-riding Southern Methodist preacher who died in 1899.^[3] It is a small one story building with a gable roof. It features a square, open bell tower with a hipped roof. It is located at the intersection of Interstate 64 and U.S. Route 60 on the Midland Trail, a National Scenic Byway.^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. County Convention & Visitors Bureau listing for Sam Black Church
3. Powell, Bob. "July 13, 1899: Greenbrier Co. Methodist Preacher Sam Black Dies at 86". www.wvpublic.org. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
4. Katherine Jourdan (July 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sam Black Church" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-02.