Name/Title
Christ Church on the MountainEntry/Object ID
IMG326 veDescription
A plain frame rural Episcopal Church built on the Blue Ridge Mountain in 1889 on land given by Mrs. Boyd (no first name noted) and with lumber given by William D. Smith, Sr. The ruins and cemetery are on land owned by the Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community in the southwest corner of Jefferson County.
Upper: prior to 1902 (IMG326)
Photograph appears on p. 305 of "A History and Record of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of West Virginia" by George W. Peterkin (Charleston, W.Va.: The Tribune Company, Printers, 1902). According to the book, pp. 613-614, Christ Church was built in 1889. A Mrs. Boyd, mother of Vincent Boyd, "gave the land, and Mr. William D. Smith, Sr., of Smithfield, Wickliffe Parish, Va., gave the lumber," and several people assisted with sawing, carpentry, and painting, "so the chapel was built at a very small cost, in money ... with a considerable amount coming from Wickliffe Parish ...." The Wickliffe rector ministered to the Christ Church congregation.
Lower: 2019 (IMG3619)Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Blue Ridge Mountain, Jefferson County, West Virginia