Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church

Historic church in Kentucky, United States United States historic place


Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Keene, Kentucky on Keene-Troy Road
Coordinates	37°56′50″N 84°37′47″W / 37.94722°N 84.62972°W / 37.94722; -84.62972
Area	3.8 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1877
Architect	Young, Andrew M.
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Romanesque
MPS	Jessamine County MRA
NRHP reference No.	84001659
Added to NRHP	July 05, 1984

The Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church near Keene, Kentucky is a historic church.

It began meeting in 1791 as part of the South Elkhorn Baptist Church community, was established as independent in 1801, with the current sanctuary being built in 1877 and added to the National Register in 1984.

It was deemed notable as "one of the few buildings remaining by the local builder A. M. Young", and as the best example of Romanesque Revival style among Jessamine County's rural churches.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
"Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church". National Park Service. Summer 1977. Retrieved December 20, 2017. With photo from 1980.

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