First Presbyterian Church (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
Appearance
Historic First Presbyterian Church | |
Location | 212 W. Dixie Ave., Elizabethtown, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 37°39′38″N 85°51′32″W / 37.66056°N 85.85889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1896 |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
MPS | Hardin County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 88001802[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 4, 1988 |
The Historic First Presbyterian Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was a historic church at 212 W. Dixie Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
It is a one-story brick church built in 1835 with Federal-style details. It was significantly modified in 1896, adding Romanesque style elements, including a bell tower. A two-story brick addition was added in 1943 and 1962.[2]
The church moved to its current location at 1016 Pear Orchard Rd. in Elizabethtown in the early 1990s.
The building at 212 W. Dixie Avenue is currently occupied by the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. 1988. Retrieved February 26, 2018. With two photos from 1983.
Categories:
- Presbyterian churches in Kentucky
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
- Churches completed in 1896
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Hardin County, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Hardin County, Kentucky
- 1835 establishments in Kentucky
- Elizabethtown, Kentucky
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Kentucky
- Kentucky Registered Historic Place stubs
- Kentucky church stubs