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Red Oak Presbyterian Church

Coordinates: 38°47′43″N 83°47′44″W / 38.79528°N 83.79556°W / 38.79528; -83.79556
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Red Oak Presbyterian Church
Front and side of the church
Red Oak Presbyterian Church is located in Ohio
Red Oak Presbyterian Church
Red Oak Presbyterian Church is located in the United States
Red Oak Presbyterian Church
LocationCemetery Rd., Ripley, Ohio
Coordinates38°47′43″N 83°47′44″W / 38.79528°N 83.79556°W / 38.79528; -83.79556
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1817
NRHP reference No.82003547[1]
Added to NRHPJune 17, 1982

Red Oak Presbyterian Church is a historic church on Cemetery Road in Ripley, Ohio.

The church was founded in 1798 and was the first church in Brown County. Its building, constructed in 1817, is a one-story vernacular stone building associated with southern Ohio abolitionist Reverend James Gilliland.[2]

Gilliland, along with Ripley reverend John Rankin and West Union reverend Dyer Burgess, is claimed to have assisted hundreds of escaped slaves, and also preached and held rallies about abolition.[2]

The church is listed on the American Presbyterian/Reformed Historic Sites Registry.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Lorrie K. Owen, ed. (1999). Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2. Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 9781878592705. Retrieved January 11, 2020.