Grove Hill Cemetery Chapel

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Grove Hill Cemetery Chapel
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Nearest city Shelbyville, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°12′23″N85°12′35″W / 38.20639°N 85.20972°W / 38.20639; -85.20972 (Grove Hill Cemetery Chapel)
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1895
Built by Lynn T. Gruber
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPS Shelby County MRA
NRHP reference No. 88002922 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1988

The Grove Hill Cemetery Chapel, in Grove Hill Cemetery near Shelbyville, Kentucky was built in 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

It is a limestone ashlar building, designed and built by local builder Lynn T. Gruber in Gothic Revival style. [2] [3]

It is located south of Shelbyville at Clear Creek.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. C. Worsham (March 1986). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Grove Hill Cemetery Chapel". National Park Service . Retrieved March 8, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 1986
  3. "Chapel in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky" (PDF). Stone Quarries and Beyond. Retrieved July 6, 2019.