First United Methodist Church (Louisa, Kentucky)
Appearance
First United Methodist Church | |
Location | 204 W. Main St., Louisa, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 38°6′52″N 82°36′21″W / 38.11444°N 82.60583°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c.1850 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 84000391[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 15, 1984 |
The First United Methodist Church of Louisa, Kentucky is a historic church built in c.1850. It is located at 204 W. Main Street in Louisa. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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It was deemed notable as "one of the best examples of Gothic Revival church architecture in the Big Sandy Valley of Eastern Kentucky. Built around 1850, it is today one of the oldest existing buildings in the town and one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Methodist Church in the Big Sandy Valley Area."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Carolyn Murray Wooley (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First United Methodist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved December 5, 2017. With seven photos from 1984.
Categories:
- United Methodist churches in Kentucky
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Kentucky
- Churches completed in 1850
- 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence County, Kentucky
- 1850 establishments in Kentucky
- Louisa, Kentucky
- Eastern Kentucky Coalfield Registered Historic Place stubs
- Kentucky church stubs