St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church (Wilder, Kentucky)

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St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
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Location1307 Johns Hill Rd.,
Wilder, Kentucky
Coordinates 39°02′48″N84°29′07″W / 39.046700°N 84.485190°W / 39.046700; -84.485190
Built1858
Architectural styleGeorgian Revival
NRHP reference No. 80001495 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1980

The St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Wilder, Kentucky is located at 1307 John's Hill Road near Northern Kentucky University. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] [2]

A stone church was built on the present site in 1858. The parish was begun by nine German immigrant families, 11 years earlier in 1847. The first church was a log cabin structure built on the top of John's Hill Rd.

The present site is in Campbell County, Kentucky overlooking the Licking River. During the American Civil War the site was used as part of the defense of Cincinnati, Ohio.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Calvin Jones; Jayne C. Henderson (June 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church". National Park Service . Retrieved February 25, 2018. With two photos from 1979.