The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church near Keene, Kentucky is a historic church.
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church | |
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| Location | .5 miles (0.80 km) north of Keene, Kentucky on Keene-Troy Road |
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| Coordinates | 37°56′50″N 84°37′47″W / 37.94722°N 84.62972°W |
| Area | 3.8 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built | 1877 |
| Architect | Young, Andrew M. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Romanesque |
| MPS | Jessamine County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001659[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 05, 1984 |
It began meeting in 1791 as part of the South Elkhorn Baptist Church community, was established as independent in 1801, with the current sanctuary being built in 1877 and added to the National Register in 1984.
It was deemed notable as "one of the few buildings remaining by the local builder A. M. Young", and as the best example of Romanesque Revival style among Jessamine County's rural churches.[2]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church". National Park Service. Summer 1977. Retrieved December 20, 2017. With photo from 1980.
