Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church

Olive Branch United Methodist Church
Nearest city Finchville, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°7′38″N 85°15′45″W / 38.12722°N 85.26250°W / 38.12722; -85.26250Coordinates: 38°7′38″N 85°15′45″W / 38.12722°N 85.26250°W / 38.12722; -85.26250
Area 0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built c. 1861
Built by John Ford, Younger Ford, and Boswell,Taylor
Architectural style Antebellum Vernacular
MPS Shelby County MRA
NRHP reference # 88002895[1]
Added to NRHP December 27, 1988

The Olive Branch United Methodist Church is a historic church in Finchville, Kentucky. It was established in 1801 at Pickets Dam. Current facility was built in 1861.

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

The building appears to have been built in about 1861 and was on a circuit with the Rockbridge Church and the Methodist church in Graefenburg. It is a brick gable-end entry church.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ C. Worsham (April 1986). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory:". National Park Service. Retrieved November 26, 2017. With three photos from 1986.
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