Abandoned Coal Country Church In West Virginia Taking A Look

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  • Опубликовано: 17 ноя 2024

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  • @weswrenchtakesalook
    @weswrenchtakesalook  Год назад +2

    Big thank you to everyone commenting and showing love to this incredible historic structure!
    PSA: If you are a local and know where this church is, please do not reveal its name and location in the comments.
    I want to document its beauty as it still exists. However, historic and abandoned locations which get revealed publicly online often get looted, scrapped, and vandalized.
    I want to display the beauty of this church while protecting it from damage.
    Thank you for coming to our channel and for appreciating the grandeur of historic American architecture.
    Have a great day!

  • @robertbonesio5498
    @robertbonesio5498 Год назад +1

    Wow the power is still on.

  • @EmeLightheartArtisanDesigns
    @EmeLightheartArtisanDesigns Год назад +2

    This is a beautiful church full of character!❤

  • @nancycarney
    @nancycarney Год назад +9

    When I was a child they gave out fans every Sunday from April through September. No AC. I am almost 70. I would love to turn that church into a huge home.

    • @lucylouis3494
      @lucylouis3494 Год назад +3

      Me too!!!I’ve always dreamt of doing that! I either didn’t have the money or the health but it’s still a dream!

    • @SD-nh5yr
      @SD-nh5yr Год назад

      I wish it could be turned into a home for those down of their luck etc...what better place to find healing? Wish I had the money.

  • @coyotedust
    @coyotedust Год назад +17

    I've never seen a church where the services were held in the upstairs! I bet it got hot up there. Looks like it's still being used almost. This Church could be fixed up. I hope some preacher can adopt it and bring God back into this lovely chapel.

    • @stephenpickard3150
      @stephenpickard3150 Год назад +1

      Could be the church is in a flood zone? Things are built with minimal flooding damage for thought in these areas.

    • @stephenpickard3150
      @stephenpickard3150 Год назад +2

      Well no, looks like high and dry spot.

  • @jerroldmcley4347
    @jerroldmcley4347 Год назад

    That place is awesome 😎💯 even sitting on the other side of my TV you can feel the emotion from that place

  • @elainedaniels5891
    @elainedaniels5891 Год назад +2

    Very beautiful, No dust, no spider webs, very clean. I remember those fans in church when I was young. I'm a 60 year old black women. Fans brought back memories.

  • @joannmowery5124
    @joannmowery5124 Год назад +12

    It’s a old southern tradition to use the paper fans, not all churches had proper ventilation. I guarantee God was at this church❤️

  • @DrBLReid
    @DrBLReid Год назад +1

    I pray God will lead a man to preach and reach the people there to start this church up again. Too beautiful to lose!

  • @gew9487
    @gew9487 Год назад +2

    Wow! Amazing! Wish someone would restore it.😢

  • @S-and-D
    @S-and-D Год назад +5

    I'm in coal country myself that's an awesome find . It still looks really good inside. And I have never seen the church upstairs or were you in a basement like fellowship hall etc down there. And fans aka no AC lol

  • @fredwood1490
    @fredwood1490 Год назад +7

    The Spirit still lives in this place, it's heart still beats. How could anybody abandon it? It's a Colored Church and so a Temple of Love rather than one of power and fear and greed. It probably was once at the center of a Colored community, now gone away. In a way, it's a tombstone for what once was, a belief in God that has become old fashioned. I hope it stands till it's People return, it looks like a place the People need, where People can feel the Love of God and the Love and respect of their Friends.

    • @resetsetmefree478
      @resetsetmefree478 Год назад +1

      Looks pretty historic, and you are absolutely right about the Colored community who were the first to be given the word of God.

    • @jimmychanbers2424
      @jimmychanbers2424 Год назад

      Indians were the first to be educated about God and religion in North America. Then, the slaves. Tough times, back then.

    • @tylerjones2695
      @tylerjones2695 Год назад

      If you can't make racist comments without hiding behind religion, don't bother you're nobody with nothing to say

  • @dustydean56
    @dustydean56 Год назад +1

    If there was an active church like this in my area, I'd go back to church.

  • @kathywebb6606
    @kathywebb6606 Год назад +1

    It doesn’t look abandoned at all, just a bit rundown. Pretty little church.

  • @JustOneKnight
    @JustOneKnight Год назад +4

    Omgosh that is such a pretty place. I was surprised by the scenery looks dry but still picturesque Wish we had places like this in Australia ready for an explore. stay safe.

    • @weswrenchtakesalook
      @weswrenchtakesalook  Год назад

      Its bittersweet, the amount of explores in the US. Its beautiful but indicative of American Decline.

  • @angiejones968
    @angiejones968 Год назад +12

    I wonder if someone doesn’t still take care of the place? It just doesn’t look abandoned.

    • @weswrenchtakesalook
      @weswrenchtakesalook  Год назад +10

      We talked to a local who said the church had 4 parishioners in 2021, but they dropped off and hadn’t had a single service in 2 years since. Very sad. This place deserves better.

    • @mikewillett5076
      @mikewillett5076 Год назад +13

      It still has power. Saw the clock on the oven blinking. Right after they first went in.

    • @angiejones968
      @angiejones968 Год назад +3

      @@mikewillett5076 it is beautiful

    • @taftfreeman4476
      @taftfreeman4476 Год назад +8

      Someone’s still paying the power bill

  • @pcwtkmp
    @pcwtkmp Год назад +3

    Wes Wrench really did go and take a look... I'm not disappointed

    • @weswrenchtakesalook
      @weswrenchtakesalook  Год назад +1

      I try not to mislead.

    • @pcwtkmp
      @pcwtkmp Год назад +1

      @@weswrenchtakesalook Yer a good man. Subbed + notifications

  • @urbanarcheology7346
    @urbanarcheology7346 Год назад +2

    Just subscribed to your channel! Looking forward to seeing this video! 🤘😎

  • @gailspaw5521
    @gailspaw5521 Год назад +3

    Beautiful❤

  • @keefterry2155
    @keefterry2155 Год назад

    Very pretty inside

  • @kurtgood2914
    @kurtgood2914 Год назад

    Very nice little church 🙂

  • @jeanniescott3308
    @jeanniescott3308 Год назад +2

    Amazing

  • @SD-nh5yr
    @SD-nh5yr Год назад +1

    God is good.🙏

  • @frankieturner630
    @frankieturner630 Год назад +2

    That would make a great house

  • @donnawright2834
    @donnawright2834 Год назад +4

    This church doesn't look abandoned⁉

  • @herdfreak2
    @herdfreak2 Год назад

    Beautiful

  • @Minkagurl
    @Minkagurl Год назад +2

    Really nice church. Too bad it's abandoned 😒

  • @terrystrahl6006
    @terrystrahl6006 Год назад

    They had "Handheld" fans to hold in each seat row for people to use before AC was installed in these churches....

  • @ladyanfield5682
    @ladyanfield5682 Год назад +6

    What a beautiful church, that would be turned into a mosque if it was in the UK 🇬🇧 like what is happening to all our beautiful empty old churches 😥

  • @scottcolegrove5308
    @scottcolegrove5308 Год назад

    Great police work!!!

  • @audreyrosewalden280
    @audreyrosewalden280 Год назад +1

    Where is the font for baptism

  • @jimmychanbers2424
    @jimmychanbers2424 Год назад +1

    Nobody maintains the roads in that county?

  • @SD-nh5yr
    @SD-nh5yr Год назад

    Is it even for sale? Anyone know?

  • @kathycasey9153
    @kathycasey9153 Год назад +3

    I wonder if Covid was the nail in the coffin.

    • @SD-nh5yr
      @SD-nh5yr Год назад +1

      Maybe...I never thought about that.✌️

  • @Bethanyview
    @Bethanyview Год назад

    How do you know it was abandoned?

    • @weswrenchtakesalook
      @weswrenchtakesalook  Год назад +2

      Completely overgrown outside, windows and all doors boarded up/screwed shut, a fridge full of spoiled food from 2018 inside, dust on everything.
      But most important, a tip from a local.

  • @murrismiller2312
    @murrismiller2312 Год назад +2

    definitely NOT abandoned

  • @IBuyHotWheels
    @IBuyHotWheels Год назад +1

    were it is

  • @gailspaw5521
    @gailspaw5521 Год назад

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @marylibero7649
    @marylibero7649 Год назад

    That no look abandoned looks like they been having church and keeping up with the church

  • @larrybuckner8619
    @larrybuckner8619 Год назад

    Somebody is still using that church because the power is still on.at 1:13 you can see the stove Clock is on. I don’t think you should be in there.

  • @sbennettyt
    @sbennettyt Год назад

    Not abandon. Only used on special occasions. Someone recently busted the door in. Not cool!

  • @lanejohnson752
    @lanejohnson752 Год назад +1

    Do you know God created all races and God also gives us the breath of life ?

  • @RobertEGeiger-ly3gk
    @RobertEGeiger-ly3gk Год назад

    What a loss

  • @CC-ww7rs
    @CC-ww7rs Год назад +1

    Funny how the clock was blinking on the stove. Most abandoned builds don’t have power and kept clean. You just committed breaking and entering

    • @weswrenchtakesalook
      @weswrenchtakesalook  Год назад +1

      Thanks for watching! You must be new to Urban Exploration. Its honestly quite common for abandoned places to still have power. We have 2 videos of locations coming in the near future of locations with working power. Cheers!

  • @markperrault5678
    @markperrault5678 Год назад

    So it's a black church

  • @caroljoan3792
    @caroljoan3792 Год назад +1

    Did you have to say bullshit????

  • @Autobodyscotty
    @Autobodyscotty Год назад +2

    WE ALL KNOW JESUS WAS NO MONKEY BOY !.

    • @anniehowell7172
      @anniehowell7172 Год назад

      No one is a monkey black people's sure are not monkeys but you. ok