Central Christian Church

Clarksburg’s Central Christian Church, also known as the Disciples of Christ, was established in 1905. By 1907, the church had erected this handsome Romanesque Revival structure. The main body of the building stands three-stories tall, with the larger of the two towers reaching four stories. A rich red brick is the primary construction material and an excellent complement to the lighter stone engaged columns. The building is characterized by flat planes broken up with windows of a variety of shapes and sizes. Windows are rectangular, round, or capped with a pointed arch. All of them share the common denominator of stone lintels on all sides. The building has changed extremely little since the early twentieth century. The roof appears to have been replaced somewhat recently, but the building would be immediately recognizable to any member of the Central Christian Church congregation at any point in time.