Mammoth Cave Baptist Church And Cemetery
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.
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.
Notable burials
- Floyd Collins (1887–1925), cave explorer and famous cave accident victim
See also
- Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery: also in Mammoth Cave National Park
- Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery: also in Mammoth Cave National Park
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Edmonson County, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mammoth Cave National Park
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Lally, Kelly A. (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.
External links
- Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mammoth Cave Baptist Church
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mammoth Cave Cemetery
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