Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery

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Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery
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LocationMammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°11′52″N86°04′23″W / 37.19778°N 86.07306°W / 37.19778; -86.07306
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1927
MPS Mammoth Cave National Park MPS
NRHP reference No. 91000497 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 8, 1991

Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historic church in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. It was built in 1827 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]

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The church was established in 1827. The current building was built in 1927 after the original was destroyed in a tornado. It is a 42 by 26 feet (12.8 m × 7.9 m) one-story gable-front frame building, on a foundation of stacked sandstone blocks. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Lally, Kelly A. (June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery / T-41, C-44". National Park Service . Retrieved February 25, 2018. With two photos from 1987.