Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church
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.
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Nearest city | Lexington, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 37°58′07″N 84°25′29″W |
Area | 9.5 acres (3.8 ha) |
Built | 1801, 1880 |
NRHP reference No. | 73000801[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 7, 1973 |
It replaced a log meetinghouse which had been built in 1785. It is a stone 40 by 50 feet (12 m × 15 m) 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.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Mrs. Karl O. Lange; Mrs. H. Lynn Cravens (September 1, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. Retrieved February 24, 2018. With three photos from 1971.
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