Red Oak Presbyterian Church

Red Oak Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front and side of the church
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Location	Cemetery Rd., Ripley, Ohio
Coordinates	38°47′43″N83°47′44″W / 38.79528°N 83.79556°W / 38.79528; -83.79556
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1817
NRHP reference No.	82003547 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 17, 1982

Red Oak Presbyterian Church is a historic church on Cemetery Road in Ripley, Ohio.

The church was founded in 1798 and was the first church in Brown County. Its building, constructed in 1817, is a one-story vernacular stone building associated with southern Ohio abolitionist Reverend James Gilliland. ^[2]

Gilliland, along with Ripley reverend John Rankin and West Union reverend Dyer Burgess, is claimed to have assisted hundreds of escaped slaves, and also preached and held rallies about abolition. ^[2]

The church is listed on the American Presbyterian/Reformed Historic Sites Registry.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 73. ISBN   9781878592705 . Retrieved January 11, 2020.