Wesley Methodist Church (Anchorage, Kentucky)

Wesley Methodist Church
Nearest city Anchorage, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°19′54″N 85°32′7″W / 38.33167°N 85.53528°W / 38.33167; -85.53528Coordinates: 38°19′54″N 85°32′7″W / 38.33167°N 85.53528°W / 38.33167; -85.53528
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 # 87000179[1]
Added to NRHP January 8, 1987

The Wesley Methodist Church, located on Haunz Lane near Anchorage, 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 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.


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