Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery

Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historic church and cemetery in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°9′46″N 86°8′6″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1900
MPS	Mammoth Cave National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000496[1]
Added to NRHP	May 8, 1991

Joppa Baptist Church was established in 1862 and the present church was built in about 1900.[2] The church is a one-story frame building on a sandstone block foundation. It is 40 by 29 feet (12.2 m × 8.8 m) in plan.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Doyle, Darren (October 29, 2018). "Joppa Church vandalized". Brownsville, KY: EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
3. Kelly A. Lally (June 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery / T-40, C-16". National Park Service. Retrieved December 28, 2017. With two photos from 1987.