Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery

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Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery
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Location335 Main Street,
Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates 31°19′5″N92°26′22″W / 31.31806°N 92.43944°W / 31.31806; -92.43944
Area5.3 acres (2.1 ha)
Built1858
ArchitectUpjohn, Richard; et al.
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 00000718 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 22, 2000

Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal Church building and its adjoining cemetery located at 335 Main Street in Pineville, Louisiana, United States.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 2000. Mt. Olivet is no longer a parish church and is now Mount Olivet Chapel. Its parish hall is now the Diocesan House of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Mount Olivet Chapel and Diocesan House Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - Dictionary B". Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mt. Olivet Cemetery burials". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

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