Big Bone Methodist Church
National Register of Historic Places

Big Bone Methodist Church

Union, Boone County, Kentucky
Listed
February 6, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88003287

About this property

Big Bone Methodist Church is a historic church in Union, Kentucky. The Big Bone church congregation was organized in 1887. The name derives from prehistoric animal remains discovered in the 18th century in what is now Big Bone Lick State Park. Its first minister was Reverend George Froh, a German veteran of the Civil War. The current structure was built in 1888 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It is a gable-front nave-plan frame church. It has regularly spaced pointed-arch windows, and is four bays along its sites and three bays on its front and back.

Location

3435 Beaver Rd.
Union, Boone County, Kentucky
38.88856, -84.75101

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Stevenson, Dr. John E., House
Industrial
0 mi
Big Bone Lick State Park
Modern
0.2 mi
Big Bone Lick Archeological District
Listed
0.3 mi
Miller, M., House
Industrial
0.8 mi
Glore, William Milburn, House
Industrial
1.1 mi

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When was Big Bone Methodist Church listed on the National Register?

Big Bone Methodist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1989.

What type of historic resource is Big Bone Methodist Church?

Big Bone Methodist Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Big Bone Methodist Church?

The period of significance for Big Bone Methodist Church is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1887.

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