Mount Lebanon Baptist Church Explained

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church
Location:On Louisiana Highway 154, about 260yd west of intersection with Louisiana Highway 517
Nearest City:Gibsland, Louisiana
Coordinates:32.5026°N -93.0517°W
Built:1857
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:February 1, 1980
Refnum:80001703

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church is a historic church on Louisiana Highway 154, about 260yd west of intersection with Louisiana Highway 517, in Bienville Parish. It was built in 1857 in a Greek Revival style and was added to the National Register in 1980.

It is a pedimented with pilasters at its corners. It is framed by hewn timbers. It was deemed significant as "a good representative example of the simple frame Greek Revival country churches which were built in many parts of the country during the 1840s and 1850s. Although there have been modifications, the original building is still distinguishable. The modifications are typical of their own period and have acquired architectural value in their own right."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mount Lebanon Baptist Church . State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation . 1980 . May 11, 2017 . with photo