Chestnut Street Baptist Church Explained

Chestnut Street Baptist Church
Location:912 W. Chestnut St., Louisville, Kentucky
Coordinates:38.2494°N -85.7669°W
Built:1884
Architect:Henry Wolters
Architecture:Gothic
Added:December 03, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80001598

The Chestnut Street Baptist Church (also Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church) is a historic church at 912 W. Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built in 1884 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It was deemed significant as "a significant example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture in Louisville. It is also an important part ofthe history of one of the city's earliest and most important black congregations."

It was designed by German-born architect Henry Wolters. It is an "ornate Gothic Revival structure. The red brick church is richly ornamented with terra cotta. The facade of the structure consists of a central gabled section with two towers."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80001598}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination ]. National Park Service. Marty Poynter Hedgepeth . August 8, 1980 . February 28, 2018. With .