First Christian Church (Junction City, Kentucky) Explained

First Christian Church
Location:Jct. of Shelby and Cemetery Sts., Junction City, Kentucky
Coordinates:37.5847°N -84.7914°W
Built:1932
Added:April 9, 1998
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:98000331

The First Christian Church in Junction City, Kentucky is a historic Christian church[1] at the junction of Shelby and Cemetery Streets. It was built in 1932 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

It was deemed notable " as a locally significant Period Revival interpretation of the early Christian Byzantine churches, with low massing and restrained ornament. It is of brick masonry with formed concrete basement foundation built on an "L" plan with intersecting gable roofs joined with a two-story vestibule/tower entry. Design details include large, stained glass, arch-headed windows centered in both gable ends above banks of stained glass sash windows, all trimmed with stone arches and lintels; corner buttresses with stone caps; stone coping at gable parapets; tower with wide eave overhang, shallow hip roof, louvered vents in the upper story and arch above the double door entry."[2]

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  1. https://crosslink.org/
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=98000331}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Christian Church / BO-153]. National Park Service. Christine Amos . November 26, 1997 . December 31, 2017. With .