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Disciples of Christ Historical Society
Mailing Address: P.O. Box D, Bethany, WV 26032
Physical Address: 7229 Main Street, Bethany WV 26032
Email: dchs1941@gmail.com
Phone: 615-327-1444
Financial contributions should be made payable to DCHS and sent to Treasury Services, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), P.O. Box 1986, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1986
Hours of Operation: The archives are open 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday through Friday with the exception of holidays.
For questions about the submission of materials email: john.imbler@ptstulsa.edu
Tours of DCHS and Historic Bethany may be arranged by appointment by emailing: historic@bethanywv.edu
The area is rich in the tradition of the Thomas and Alexander Campbell side of the Stone-Campbell movement – a nineteenth century restoration movement established on North American soil. Living heirs to this restoration movement are the Disciples of Christ, the Christian Church and Churches of Christ, and the Churches of Christ.
The Historical Society is located adjacent to Alexander Campbell’s study and mansion surrounded by rolling hills and pasture land. It is across the street from the Campbell cemetery and up the road from the Old Meetinghouse where the Campbells preached. A neighbor of the Society is the beautiful Bethany College which was founded by Alexander Campbell in 1840. It is renowned as the oldest college of the restoration movement still in existence and the oldest higher education institution in West Virginia – www.bethanywv.edu. Many of the sites are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Society’s archives contain books; journals; files of congregations, ministries, and worldwide missions; artifacts; and memorabilia from the three streams of the movement dating from the late eighteenth century to the present. Visitors are welcome to explore all that the Bethany community has to offer. Researchers of Stone-Campbell studies are welcome to investigate historic originals to contemporary documents.
Lodging is usually available in the Gresham House Inn at the Mountainside Conference Center in Bethany – www.mountainsidecc.com 304-829-4343.
