Westminster Presbyterian Church Centennial Books

And then if we travel back across that bridge, right on the corner, across from the Municipal Building, there are four churches all located right together --

Through the hard work and dedication of the staff members over the years, Westminster Preschool grew to become a quality program worthy of accreditation by the Association of Christian Schools International... and became the first preschool in West Virginia to receive the honor of ACSI accreditation.

Immanuel Lutheran

First Presbyterian

First Baptist

Christ Episcopal

1887

1889

1902

1889

Immanuel Lutheran Church has the distinction of being the very first church established in the City of Bluefield.

A few streets over is Grace Methodist Church, and you can see the

majestic towers of Beaver High School in the background.

Linda Mullenex

Grace Methodist 1896

Down the road a bit on Bland Street, and back then, hardly anyone had cars, so none of these churches had to think about parking areas, we find Bland Street Methodist Episcopal Church, designed by Bluefield ’ s most famous architect, Alex Mahood. This was his family ’ s home church.

The Lord knew the desire of my heart was to worship Him with my guitar and He brought that about through Westminster Presbyterian Church. I will always be grateful to God and to Westminster.

Bob Mahood

Bland Street Methodist Episcopal 1888

First Christian Church also had its beginnings downtown. Then, kind of on the outskirts of the city, was Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Jewish Synagogue was established in the year 1902. Downtown Bluefield was truly booming 100 years ago.

First Christian

Sacred Heart Catholic

1921

1895

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