Paint Lick Presbyterian Church

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Paint Lick Presbyterian Church
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LocationKY 52, Paint Lick, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°35′12″N84°26′11″W / 37.58667°N 84.43639°W / 37.58667; -84.43639 Coordinates: 37°35′12″N84°26′11″W / 37.58667°N 84.43639°W / 37.58667; -84.43639
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1879
Architectural style Gothic Revival
MPS Garrard County MRA
NRHP reference No. 85001290 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 17, 1985

The Paint Lick Presbyterian Church is a historic church at KY 52 in Paint Lick, Kentucky. The Gothic Revival church was built in 1879 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [1]

It was deemed significant as "Garrard County's best example of a rural Italianate brick sanctuary as well as housing one of the area's oldest Presbyterian congregations" (founded in 1782). [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. Helen Powell (1983). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Paint Lick Presbyterian Church". National Park Service . Retrieved November 26, 2017. With photo from 1984.