# Morgan Chapel and Graveyard
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{{short description|Historic church in West Virginia, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Morgan Chapel and Graveyard
| nrhp_type =
| image = Morgan_Chapel_at_Bunker_Hill_West_Virginia.jpg
| caption = Morgan Chapel and Graveyard
| location = 185 Runnymeade Road (Northern side of Secondary Route 26 west of its junction with U.S. Route 11), [Bunker Hill, West Virginia](/source/Bunker_Hill%2C_West_Virginia)
| coordinates = {{coord|39|20|1|N|78|3|28|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = West Virginia#USA
| built = 1741
| architecture = Greek Revival
| added = January 12, 1984
| area = {{convert|2|acre}}
| refnum = 84003480[{{NRISref|2009a}}]
}}
'''Morgan Chapel and Graveyard''' – also known as '''Christ Episcopal Church-Bunker Hill''' – is a historic church in [Bunker Hill](/source/Bunker_Hill%2C_West_Virginia), [Berkeley County, West Virginia](/source/Berkeley_County%2C_West_Virginia). It is the oldest [Episcopal church](/source/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)) congregation in West Virginia.
thumb|left|rear view from graveyard
In 1741 [Morgan Morgan](/source/Morgan_Morgan), one of West Virginia's earliest settlers, built the original log church on this site, about halfway between his cabin and the mill. Soon a cemetery was established.
The current [Greek Revival](/source/Greek_Revival) building was constructed in 1851. [Morgan Morgan](/source/Morgan_Morgan) I, II, III, and IV are all buried in the church cemetery, although the historic marker for Morgan Morgan is over a mile away near the town center and mill. Morgan Morgan's descendants later founded [Morgantown, West Virginia](/source/Morgantown%2C_West_Virginia).[{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/84003476.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgan Chapel and Graveyard|date=September 1983|accessdate=2011-06-02 |author=Frances D. Ruth|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}] Also buried in the graveyard is noted American portrait artist [John Drinker](/source/John_Drinker) (1760–1826), a Quaker who may have been a conductor on the [Underground Railroad](/source/Underground_Railroad) along with his wife Elizabeth and whose former house is also on the National Register of Historic Places.[{{Cite web |url=https://wvculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Morgan-chapel-and-graveyard.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-date=2011-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605025121/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/80004409.pdf |url-status=dead }}][{{Internet Archive|id=journalofearlyso721981muse|name=Early Southern Decorative Arts, November 1981, Volume VII, Number 2, The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts: "John Drinker, Portrait Painter and Limner," by E. Bryding Adams}}]
During the [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War), both Union and Confederate troops encamped nearby and some in the chapel, as shown by recently uncovered graffiti. The diocese is currently seeking funds for further restoration.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.wvdiocese.org/pages/pdfs/BunkerHillbrochure.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115153238/http://www.wvdiocese.org/pages/pdfs/bunkerhillbrochure.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-15 |url-status=dead }}] The closest local Episcopal parish is now Grace Episcopal Church in [Middleway, West Virginia](/source/Middleway%2C_West_Virginia), several miles eastward on the Middleway Pike. Until recently, that parish had used this chapel for at least one worship service each year (in September); other denominations and special events occasionally used it until the restoration commenced.[{{cite web|url=http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2216 |title=e-WV | Episcopal Church |publisher=Wvencyclopedia.org |date= |accessdate=2019-08-25}}]
Morgan Chapel was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1984,