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Forgotten Black church in Berkeley Springs may find new life after decades of neglect
For decades, one of the most significant African American landmarks in Berkeley Springs quietly served as little more than a storage shed.
Now, community leaders hope to restore Mount Pisgah Church, an 1877 church founded by members of the town’s Black community, preserving a place of worship whose history reflects the faith, perseverance, and changing social landscape of Morgan County in the decades after the Civil War.
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