Facilities | Retreat House

With the purchase of the Retreat House in 1965, CCC acquired a pastoral retreat center on the Cacapon River in West Virginia.  A pre-Civil War farmhouse, the Retreat House is a beloved homing beacon for generations of CCC members and families.  The house was and continues to be a place for weekend retreats, summer camps, and family vacations.  Among the treasures found there was an original painting by Virgil Williams, a 19th Century American artist.  The painting, View of Mt. Katahdin (Maine) from the West Bank of the Penobscot River, was displayed in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Gallery of American Art until the building closed for restoration.  In 2007, the church sold the painting at auction, where it was purchased by an anonymous buyer who plans to donate the painting to Colby College.  The proceeds from the sale enabled the church to commission architect Lisa Dall’Olio of Grove & Dall’Olio PLLC in Martinsburg, WV, to develop a Master Plan for restoration and modernization of the historic property.

Retreat House Renovation Task Force Report

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