Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Explained

Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church
Location:0.5miles north of Keene, Kentucky on Keene-Troy Road
Coordinates:37.9472°N -84.6297°W
Built:1877
Architect:Young, Andrew M.
Architecture:Late Victorian, Romanesque
Added:July 05, 1984
Refnum:84001659

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84001659}} Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church ]. National Park Service. Summer 1977 . December 20, 2017. With .