 During his episcopate, the diocese established the Peterkin Camp and Conference Center in Romney, West Virginia, which he consecrated in 1946.Since 1928, Christian youth groups had used the Jackson 4H camp, and appreciated a camp of their own.The diocese also received a significant bequest, Sandscrest Farms near Oglesbay outside Wheeling, which was intended to become a retirement facility, but which became a conference center.