Bethel Church and Graveyard
Bethel Church and Graveyard | |
Bethel Church and Graveyard, April 2012 | |
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Location | Bethel Rd., 0.5 miles west of its junction with Riverside Rd. and east of Attica, Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 40°17′47″N 87°10′39″W / 40.29639°N 87.17750°WCoordinates: 40°17′47″N 87°10′39″W / 40.29639°N 87.17750°W |
Area | 7.3 acres (3.0 ha) |
Built | 1825 | , 1850
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 95000203[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 3, 1995 |
Bethel Church and Graveyard, also known as Bethel Community Church, is a historic church and cemetery located at Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana. The church was built in 1850, and is a one-story, simple Greek Revival style timber frame building. It measures 36 feet wide and 50 feet deep. It has a medium pitched gable roof and sits on a sandstone block foundation coated in stucco. The congregation has been meeting on this site since 1825. The first marked burial in the adjacent cemetery dates to 1825.[2]:5, 7
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-10-01. Note: This includes Jeffrey L. Bossaer and Suzanne Fischer (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bethel Church and Graveyard" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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