The sanctuary boasts seating for 500 on wooden pews with white trim laid out in a basilican plan.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — At first glance, it appears to be just a simple country church, suspended in time beneath a sheltering canopy of trees, nestled in a peaceful dell.
But The Greenbrier Chapel’s apparent simplicity should not be taken at face value, for beyond the graceful pillars marching across the portico is a welcoming narthex leading into a breathtaking nave, or sanctuary, still redolent with the aroma of the pale, polished wood framing the space at every turn. In a style that might best be described as rustic elegance, 10 custom-crafted crystal and silver chandeliers sparkle in a double row suspended from beams supporting a ceiling that is painted “Haint Blue,” according to a Greenbrier fact sheet.
Occupying most of the 12,000-square-foot structure’s main floor and an upper balcony that forms a graceful arc around three of its sides, the sanctuary boasts seating for 500 on wooden pews with white trim laid out in a basilican plan, with a central aisle…