Historical Marker
Old Methodist Church
Historical marker location:
201 East John Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of South Spring Street and East John Street, on the left when traveling south on South Spring Street.)
201 East John Street. Built 1795.
The West Virginia Mine Wars, a series of labor disputes and violent conflicts between coal miners and mining companies, took place in the early 1900s. The conflicts, which included the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921, had a significant impact on the labor movement in the United States.