Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery | |
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°WCoordinates: 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 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 1862 and the present church was built in about 1900.[2] 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.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ 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[]
- Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Joppa Cemetery
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Categories:
- Baptist cemeteries in the United States
- Baptist churches in Kentucky
- Cemeteries in Kentucky
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Churches in Edmonson County, Kentucky
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Edmonson County, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Mammoth Cave National Park
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs