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]
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| Location | Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°09′46″N 86°08′07″W / 37.1628149°N 86.1353931°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1900 |
| MPS | Mammoth Cave National Park MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000496[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 8, 1991 |
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]
See also edit
- Elko, Kentucky
- Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery: also in Mammoth Cave National Park
- Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery: also in Mammoth Cave National Park
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Edmonson County, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mammoth Cave National Park
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Bolton, Tommy (September 6, 2022). "Guest Article from Tommy Bolton On Joppa Church History, Annual Homecoming This Sunday". EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^ Doyle, Darren (October 29, 2018). "Joppa Church vandalized". Brownsville, KY: EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joppa Cemetery
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