Cheryl Harshman and St. Joseph Settlement residents Ray Estep and Jim Frohnapfel on the steps of the St. Joseph Settlement Catholic church

Identifier:

4224.StJosephSettlement.Photo.019.6.22.16

Title:

Cheryl Harshman and St. Joseph Settlement residents Ray Estep and Jim Frohnapfel on the steps of the St. Joseph Settlement Catholic church

Date:

2016-06-22

Creator:

Hilliard, Emily

Description:

St. Joseph Settlement aka the German Settlement is a rural community of farms on the Marshall-Wetzel County borders, settled by German Catholic immigrants in the 1850s. As Cheryl Harshman says in her e-WV article on the settlement, the church, schoolhouse (now a public library and parish museum), rectory, community building, and cemetery are still the heart of the St. Joseph community.On June 22, 2016, Harshman hosted state folklorist Emily Hilliard on a visit to the settlement, meeting community members Jim and Debbie Frohnapfel and Ray Estep and visiting the church and cemetery.Learn more via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/158

Subject:

Catholic church buildings, German American Catholics

Rights:

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Location:

Marshall County (W. Va.), Wetzel County (W. Va.)

Format:

image/tiff

Source:

A&M 4224, West Virginia Folklife Program Collection