Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery is located in Kentucky
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery is located in the United States
Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery
LocationMammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
Coordinates37°09′46″N 86°08′07″W / 37.1628149°N 86.1353931°W / 37.1628149; -86.1353931
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1900
MPSMammoth Cave National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.91000496[1]
Added to NRHPMay 8, 1991

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 was established in 1861[2] and the present church was built in about 1900.[3] 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.[4]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Bolton, Tommy (September 6, 2022). "Guest Article from Tommy Bolton On Joppa Church History, Annual Homecoming This Sunday". EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ Doyle, Darren (October 29, 2018). "Joppa Church vandalized". Brownsville, KY: EdmonsonVoice.com. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ 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.
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