Mount Vernon AME Church (Gamaliel, Kentucky)

Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Gamaliel, Kentucky
Coordinates	36°40′28″N85°47′57″W / 36.67444°N 85.79917°W / 36.67444; -85.79917
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1848
Architect	Pipkin, George, et al.
NRHP reference No.	77000639 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1977

Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church, also known as Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church , is a historic church located north of Gamaliel, Kentucky on Kentucky Route 100. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. ^[1]

It is a one-room one-story log structure built with dovetail notching. It was built by emancipated slaves in 1848. It was the first black church in Monroe County, and it served as a school as well. ^[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Mary Cronan Oppel (April 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church". National Park Service . Retrieved December 14, 2017. With six photos from 1977 and a map.