Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church

E of Lexington off U.S. 25, Lexington, Kentucky. County/parish: Fayette.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 07, 1973. NRIS 73000801.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Walnut Hill Church

From Wikipedia:

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.

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 with Gothic shaped ones. Stone front steps were donated in 1900.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123850016

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