Olive Branch United Methodist Church
Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church is located in Kentucky
Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church
Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church is located in the United States
Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church
Nearest cityFinchville, Kentucky
Coordinates38°7′38″N 85°15′45″W / 38.12722°N 85.26250°W / 38.12722; -85.26250
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Builtc. 1861
Built byJohn Ford, Younger Ford, and Boswell, Taylor
Architectural styleAntebellum Vernacular
MPSShelby County MRA
NRHP reference No.88002895[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1988

The Olive Branch United Methodist Church is a historic church in Finchville, Kentucky. It was established in 1801 at Pickets Dam. Current facility was built in 1861.

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

The building appears to have been built in about 1861 and was on a circuit with the Rockbridge Church and the Methodist church in Graefenburg. It is a brick gable-end entry church.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ C. Worsham (April 1986). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory". National Park Service. Retrieved November 26, 2017. With three photos from 1986.


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