Hopeful Lutheran Church
National Register of Historic Places

Hopeful Lutheran Church

Florence, Boone County, Kentucky
Listed
February 6, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
88003279

About this property

Hopeful Lutheran Church was chartered on January 6, 1806. It was founded by a group of colonists from Virginia who settled in Boone County. In 1807, the first log church was built on an acre of donated land. Hopeful did not have a full-time pastor until October 1813 when Rev. William Carpenter (a Revolutionary War veteran) moved to Boone County to be the first Pastor. While fires destroyed the first three structures, the current church building was finished in 1917 in Florence, Kentucky. This is the fourth church structure on the site serving the same Lutheran congregation. A group of 14 families associated with the Hebron Lutheran Church of Germanna, Madison Co. VA, settled in Boone County in 1805. Family names included Hoffman, Rouse, Tanner, Hanse, Carpenter, and Zimmermann. Their descendants are well represented in the current population of Boone County. Hopeful Lutheran Church was the first Lutheran church in the county and its first regular pastor, William Carpenter, moved to the area in 1813.

Location

6431 Hopeful Rd.
Florence, Boone County, Kentucky
38.99956, -84.65906

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Battles

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When was Hopeful Lutheran Church listed on the National Register?

Hopeful Lutheran Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1989.

What type of historic resource is Hopeful Lutheran Church?

Hopeful Lutheran Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Hopeful Lutheran Church is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1806.

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