Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery

Historic church in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, United States

United States historic place
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
37°09′46″N 86°08′07″W / 37.1628149°N 86.1353931°W / 37.1628149; -86.1353931
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1900
MPSMammoth Cave National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.91000496[1]
Added to NRHPMay 8, 1991

Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

Joppa Baptist Church was established in 1861[2] and the present church was built in about 1900.[3] The church is a one-story frame building on a sandstone block foundation. It is 40 by 29 feet (12.2 m × 8.8 m) in plan.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Bolton, Tommy (September 6, 2022). "Guest Article from Tommy Bolton On Joppa Church History, Annual Homecoming This Sunday". EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Doyle, Darren (October 29, 2018). "Joppa Church vandalized". Brownsville, KY: EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  4. ^ Kelly A. Lally (June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery / T-40, C-16". National Park Service. Retrieved December 28, 2017. With two photos from 1987.
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