South Louisville Reformed Church

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South Louisville Reformed Church
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Location1060 Lynnhurst Ave., Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°10′41″N85°46′54″W / 38.17806°N 85.78167°W / 38.17806; -85.78167 Coordinates: 38°10′41″N85°46′54″W / 38.17806°N 85.78167°W / 38.17806; -85.78167
Arealess than one acre
Built1908
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
MPS South Louisville MRA
NRHP reference No. 83002735 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1983

South Louisville Reformed Church is a historic church at 1060 Lynnhurst Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built in 1908 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

It is a frame Gothic Revival style church.

In 1908 it was built as the South Louisville Reformed Church; it was renamed to Lynnhurst Reformed Church in c.1925 after the area was annexed by Louisville and the street it was on was renamed to Lynnhurst, from Sycamore. [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. M. A. Allgeier (March 9, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: South Louisville Reformed Church / Lynnhurst Church of Nazarene". National Park Service . Retrieved February 23, 2018. With two photos frp, 1983.