Old Methodist District Parsonage, Romney

Name: Old Methodist District Parsonage
Address: Romney, United States

#12 among attractions in Romney

Neo-renaissance architecture

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The Old Methodist District Parsonage is a 19th-century Italianate residence in Romney, West Virginia, United States. It is a two-story brick dwelling constructed between 1868 and 1882 to serve as the district parsonage for the area's Methodist churches. After it fell out of use by the church, the eight-room residence was purchased and restored by the Long family and currently features 18th and 19th century furnishings and folk art. The Old Parsonage was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. ()

Built: 1868 (157 years ago)Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 39°20'43"N, 78°45'18"W

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Romney United States

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Old Methodist District Parsonage – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Literary Hall, Indian Mound Cemetery, Confederate Memorial, Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House.

~1190 ftSW
Museum, Greek Revival architecture
Literary Hall, Romney
6 min walk • Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street. Literary Hall was constructed between 1869 and 1870 by the Romney Literary Society.
0.6 miW
Native American architecture, Cemetery
Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney
16 min walk • Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States.
0.6 miW
Native American architecture, Monuments and statues
Confederate Memorial, Romney
16 min walk • The Confederate Memorial at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, commemorates residents of Hampshire County who died during the American Civil War while fighting for the Confederate States of America.
~1590 ftSW
Vernacular architecture, Georgian architecture
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House, Romney
8 min walk • The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is a complex of three structures, built between the 1740s and 1780s, in Romney, West Virginia. The clerk's office, dating from the 1780s, is the oldest surviving public office building in West Virginia.
~1620 ftS
Museum, History museum
Taggart Hall, Romney
8 min walk • Taggart Hall is a late 18th-century residence that currently houses the Fort Mill Ridge Foundation and its Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches museum, the Hampshire County Visitors Bureau, and the Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce.
1 miN
Vernacular architecture, Georgian architecture
Wappocomo, Romney
27 min walk • Wappocomo is a late 18th-century Georgian mansion and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney, Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA. It is located along Cumberland Road and the South Branch Valley Railroad.
0.8 miN
Greek Revival architecture
Valley View, Romney
21 min walk • Valley View is a mid-19th-century Greek Revival residence and farm overlooking the South Branch Potomac River northwest of Romney, West Virginia. The house is atop a promontory where Depot Valley joins the South Branch Potomac River valley.
0.6 miN
Vernacular architecture
Washington Place, Romney
16 min walk • Washington Place is one of the first homes built by freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.
0.7 miW
Cemetery
Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery, Romney
19 min walk • Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery is an African-American cemetery in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The cemetery is located along the Northwestern Turnpike below Indian Mound Cemetery overlooking Sulphur Spring Run.
1.1 miSW
Greek Revival architecture
Sycamore Dale, Romney
29 min walk • Sycamore Dale is a 19th-century Greek Revival plantation house overlooking the South Branch Potomac River southwest of Romney, West Virginia. Sycamore Dale is one of several historic estates along South Branch River Road. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1980.

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Nearby attractions include Literary Hall, Romney (6 min walk), Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House, Romney (8 min walk), Taggart Hall, Romney (8 min walk), Confederate Memorial, Romney (16 min walk).