page_title: Old Pine Church
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Old Pine Church / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Old Pine Church is a mid-19th-century church along Old Pine Church Road (County Route 220/15), south of Purgitsville, West Virginia, United States. Photographed by Justin A. Wilcox of Washington, D.C. on July 2, 2016.
context_page_description: Old Pine Church, also historically known as Mill Church, Nicholas Church, and Pine Church, is a mid-19th century church located near to Purgitsville, West Virginia, United States. It is among the earliest extant log churches in Hampshire County, along with Capon Chapel and Mount Bethel Church.
  The church was constructed in 1838 to serve as a nondenominational "union church". As many of the Mill Creek valley's earliest settlers were of German descent, Old Pine Church may also have been built as a meeting place for Schwarzenau Brethren adherents, known as "Dunkers" or "Dunkards". The church is believed to have also been a meeting place for German Methodist settlers. By 1870, the church was primarily used by the Brethren denomination, and in 1878, the church's congregation split into White Pine Church of the Brethren and Old Pine Church congregations. Both congregations continued to use the church until 1907.
  Old Pine Church reportedly housed a school in the early 20th century while still serving as a center for worship. In 1968, residents of the Purgitsville community raised the necessary funds to perform a restoration of the church.
caption: Old Pine Church seen from the cemetery garden
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