Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church | |
Nearest City: | Gamaliel, Kentucky |
Coordinates: | 36.6744°N -85.7992°W |
Built: | 1848 |
Architect: | Pipkin, George, et al. |
Added: | November 17, 1977 |
Refnum: | 77000639 |
Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church, also known as Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic church located north of Gamaliel, Kentucky on Kentucky Route 100. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
It is a one-room one-story log structure built with dovetail notching. It was built by emancipated slaves in 1848. It was the first black church in Monroe County, and it served as a school as well.[1]