Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church Explained

Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church
Nearest City:Lexington, Kentucky
Coordinates:37.9686°N -84.4247°W
Built:1801, 1880
Added:May 7, 1973
Area:9.5acres
Refnum:73000801

Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church meeting house in Lexington, Kentucky. The church building was constructed in 1801 on land donated by Mary Todd Lincoln's grandfather Levi Todd.

It replaced a log meetinghouse which had been built in 1785. It is a stone NaNfeet structure which had two rows of square windows. It was renovated in 1880; the renovation replaced the square windows by Gothic shaped ones. Stone front steps were donated in 1900.[1]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=73000801}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church ]. National Park Service. Mrs. Karl O. Lange . Mrs. H. Lynn Cravens . September 1, 1972 . February 24, 2018. With .