Christ Episcopal Church (Elizabethtown, Kentucky)

The Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is a historic church on Poplar Street. The church was built in 1850 and added to the National Register in 1988.[1]

Christ Episcopal Church
Front and side of the church
LocationPoplar St., Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Coordinates37°41′42″N 85°51′29″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1850, 1877
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Romanesque Revival
MPSHardin County MRA
NRHP reference No.88001792[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 4, 1988

It is a one-story Gothic Revival-style church with buttresses on all four facades. A Romanesque Revival-style tower was added in 1877.[2] A one-story brick parish house was built on the southern facade of the church in 1955. The church is the best example of Gothic Revival architecture in Hardin county. The church has maintained little renovations and possesses most of the original work.[3]

Before the year 1840, there was no local Episcopal community. However, in that year a man named Rt. Reverend Benjamin Bosworth Smith visited Elizabethtown. His stay encouraged a community of local Episcopalians. The group met on an infrequent basis from the years from 1840 till 1850. Bishop Smith purchased land and materials to start construction on a church.[4] The church operated all the way through the Civil War. The church had trouble gaining members in the 1930s and was held up by eight women. However, modern-day attendance has a membership of 140 people and 70 members in regular attendance.[5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Historic Resources of Hardin County: Christ Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 28, 2018. With two photos from 1983.
  3. "Christ Episcopal Church". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  4. "Christ Episcopal Church Elizabethtown". Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  5. Owsley, Becca (April 28, 2011). "Celebrating 160 years: Christ Episcopal marks a milestone". The News-Enterprise. Retrieved December 2, 2018.


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