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Nicholson Chapel A Labor of Love on a Monongahela Knoll
A country road church atop a knoll near Rock Forge stands as a 1949 to 1965 labor of love by Lester McMillen and Herb Nicholson. Built with West Virginia stone, cinder blocks hidden by stone cladding, its steeple and pews adorn a nondenominational chapel serving 20 plus families with volunteer labor and bottle refunds funding a piano and basic upkeep. The church hosts regular services with ministers from the Christ Gospel Mission and honors its builders as chapel trustees.