Reverend W.H. Polk
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Title
Reverend W.H. Polk
Subject
Polk, William H. (1891-1972)
Churches - Protestant Churches - Virginia - Woodstock
Methodist churches - Virginia - Woodstock
African Americans - Virginia - Woodstock
Clergy - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Photo of Reverend Polk superimposed onto a photo of Mt. Zion Methodist Church.
The church was located at the intersection of Church and Locust Streets in Woodstock, until it was demolished in 1921 to build a bigger church of the same name. It is a historically black church.
The church was located at the intersection of Church and Locust Streets in Woodstock, until it was demolished in 1921 to build a bigger church of the same name. It is a historically black church.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1920
Contributor
Identified October 2001 by Lena F. Fuller who recognized the church from the souvenir booklet made for the 1952 Woodstock Bicentennial celebration.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Rev. W.H. Polk appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000327, 003965, 007634, 027385 and 027386.
William H. Polk also appears in image 18-0507-0279 of the George W. Smith Collection. This photograph was also taken by Morrison Studios.
The original AME church appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 000327, 002130, and 027385.
Identifier
000327
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Reverend W.H. Polk,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/22562.
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