Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church

N of Gamaliel on KY 100, Gamaliel, Kentucky. County/parish: Monroe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 17, 1977. NRIS 77000639.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church

From Wikipedia:

Mount Vernon AME Church (Gamaliel, Kentucky)

Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church, also known as Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic church located north of Gamaliel, Kentucky on Kentucky Route 100. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

It is a one-room one-story log structure built with dovetail notching. It was built by emancipated slaves in 1848. It was the first black church in Monroe County, and it served as a school as well.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123851457

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