Clifton Baptist Church Complex

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Clifton Baptist Church Complex
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LocationClifton Rd., 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Kentucky Route 52, near Clifton, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°38′49″N84°41′30″W / 37.64694°N 84.69167°W / 37.64694; -84.69167
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1886
NRHP reference No. 98000085 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 12, 1998

Clifton Baptist Church Complex is a historic church and school complex which is virtually the only remnant of the historic African-American hamlet of Clifton, Kentucky, a community formed after the American Civil War. The church and the school were built in 1886. Other contributing resources in the complex are a dining hall, a privy, a cemetery, a plank fence and a rock fence. [2] The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Amanda Bradley; Christine Amos (November 21, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Clifton Baptist Church Complex / BO-377". National Park Service . Retrieved December 31, 2017. With eight photos.

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