Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery

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Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
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Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery is located in Kentucky
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
LocationMammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Coordinates37°09′46″N 86°08′07″W / 37.1628149°N 86.1353931°W / 37.1628149; -86.1353931Coordinates: 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 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]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Doyle, Darren (October 29, 2018). "Joppa Church vandalized". Brownsville, KY: EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  3. ^ 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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