Bethel Academy Site (15JS80)

Address Restricted, Wilmore, Kentucky. County/parish: Jessamine.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 15, 1984. NRIS 84001597.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 15JS80

From Wikipedia:

Bethel Academy

Bethel Academy was the first Methodist school established in the United States west of the Appalachian Mountains. Established by Francis Asbury in 1790, the school operated in present-day Jessamine County, Kentucky until 1805.

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