Wesley Methodist Church (Kentucky)
Wesley Methodist Church | |
| Nearest city | Crestwood, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°19′54″N 85°32′7″W / 38.33167°N 85.53528°W |
| Area | 13 acres (5.3 ha) |
| Built | 1824 |
| Built by | Bobbitt, Silas; Jean, Bruce |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Early Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000179[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 8, 1987 |
The Wesley Methodist Church, located on Haunz Lane in Oldham County near the Jefferson County line in Kentucky, is a historic church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
It was built in 1824 and, in its 1984 Kentucky historic resources site inventory, it was identified as the "only known unaltered early stone church" in Kentucky.[2]
It is a one-room dry stone front-gable church, about 32 by 44 feet (9.8 m × 13.4 m) in plan, with three windows on each side.[2]
It was built by Silas Bobbitt, age 20, and Bruce Jean, age 18.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Carolyn M. Wooley (January 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Wesley Church / Wesley Methodist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved February 19, 2018. With four photos from 1984.