Mount Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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Mount Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church
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LocationSR 526, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°3′5″N86°22′48″W / 37.05139°N 86.38000°W / 37.05139; -86.38000 Coordinates: 37°3′5″N86°22′48″W / 37.05139°N 86.38000°W / 37.05139; -86.38000
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1845
Architectural style Greek Revival
MPS Warren County MRA
NRHP reference No. 79003529 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1979

Mount Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a historic church on Kentucky Route 526 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was built in 1845 and added to the National Register in 1979. [1]

It is a gable-front brick building, with brick laid in common bond. [2]

The land on which it was built was a camp meeting site during the early 1800s, as part of the Second Great Awakening. [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. 1 2 Kentucky Heritage Commission (Spring 1978). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Mount Olivet Cumberland Presbyterian Church". National Park Service . Retrieved January 23, 2018. With photo.