Wesley Methodist Church (Anchorage, Kentucky)

The Wesley Methodist Church, located on Haunz Lane in Oldham County near Anchorage, Kentucky, is a historic church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

Wesley Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church (Anchorage, Kentucky) is located in Kentucky
Wesley Methodist Church (Anchorage, Kentucky)
Wesley Methodist Church (Anchorage, Kentucky) is located in the United States
Wesley Methodist Church (Anchorage, Kentucky)
Nearest cityAnchorage, Kentucky
Coordinates38°19′54″N 85°32′7″W
Area13 acres (5.3 ha)
Built1824
Built byBobbitt, Silas; Jean, Bruce
Architectural styleFederal
MPSEarly Stone Buildings of Kentucky Outer Bluegrass and Pennyrile TR
NRHP reference No.87000179[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 8, 1987

It was built in 1824 and, in its 1984 Kentucky historic resources site inventory, it was identified as the "only known unaltered early stone church" in Kentucky.[2]

It is a one-room dry stone front-gable church, about 32 by 44 feet (9.8 m × 13.4 m) in plan, with three windows on each side.[2]

It was built by Silas Bobbitt, age 20, and Bruce Jean, age 18.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Carolyn M. Wooley (January 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Wesley Church / Wesley Methodist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved February 19, 2018. With four photos from 1984.


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