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Mt. Pleasant School (Gerrardstown, West Virginia)

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Gable-front

Added to NRHP
  
18 September 2008

Built
  
c. 1897

NRHP Reference #
  
08000928

Mt. Pleasant School (Gerrardstown, West Virginia)

Location
  
Abiding Way, near Gerrardstown, West Virginia

Mt. Pleasant School, now known as Mt. Olive Methodist Church, is a historic one-room school building located near Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built about 1897 and is a one story, gable roofed vernacular building. It measures approximately 24 feet wide and 39 feet deep. The exterior is finished in native random ashlar limestone. It is built into the slope of the hillside, and features a raised front porch. The school was built for African American children. It ceased use as a school in 1939 and began use as a church in 1942.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

References

Mt. Pleasant School (Gerrardstown, West Virginia) Wikipedia