Oil Springs Methodist Church is a historic church at the junction of KY 580 and KY 40 in Oil Springs, Kentucky. It was built in 1893 and added to the National Register in 1989.[1]
Oil Springs Methodist Church | |
Location | Jct. KY 580 and KY 40, Oil Springs, Kentucky |
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Coordinates | 37°48′37″N 82°56′35″W / 37.81028°N 82.94306°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1893 |
Architect | Mahan, Ben F. |
Architectural style | Gothic, High Victorian Gothic |
MPS | Johnson County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 88003179[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 26, 1989 |
It is a two-story frame church with a two-story pyramidal-roofed tower. It was designed and built by Ben F. Mahan. It was deemed notable as "Johnson County's best example of a late 19th century Gothic Revival frame church."[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Helen Powell (1983). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Oil Springs Methodist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2018. With three photos from 1984.