Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery


Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°11′52″N 86°04′23″W / 37.19778°N 86.07306°W / 37.19778; -86.07306
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1927
MPS	Mammoth Cave National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000497^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 8, 1991

Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historic church in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. It was built in 1827 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

The church was established in 1827. The current building was built in 1927 after the original was destroyed in a tornado. It is a 42 by 26 feet (12.8 m × 7.9 m) one-story gable-front frame building, on a foundation of stacked sandstone blocks.^[2]

Notable burials

Floyd Collins, cave explorer and famous cave accident victim

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ e Kelly A. Lally (June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery / T-41, C-44". National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2018. With two photos from 1987.

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Mammoth Cave National Park

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