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| Keywords: Rehoboth Church, a historic log cabin-style Methodist church in the countryside of Monroe County, West Virginia LCCN2015634349.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; It is renowned for being the oldest existing church building in West Virginia and the oldest existing Protestant church west of the Allegheny Mountains Newly-arrived pioneers built the church near the town of Union in 1785 on the land of Edward Keenan who donated the land both for the church and for its graveyard The building was dedicated by Francis Asbury the first Methodist bishop in the United States After its construction the church was a center of Methodism Asbury returned at least three times in the next ten years to lead Annual Conferences at the church ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015634349 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/34300/34333a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 34333 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 34333 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||