Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery

Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
Location Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°9′46″N 86°8′6″W / 37.16278°N 86.13500°W / 37.16278; -86.13500Coordinates: 37°9′46″N 86°8′6″W / 37.16278°N 86.13500°W / 37.16278; -86.13500
Area less than one acre
Built c.1900
MPS Mammoth Cave National Park MPS
NRHP reference # 91000496[1]
Added to NRHP May 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. 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.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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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