Embry Chapel Church

The Embry Chapel Church, at 117 Mulberry St. in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was built in 1868 to serve the Second Presbyterian Church, and was sold in 1891 to an African Methodist Episcopal congregation which had formed in 1865.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

Embry Chapel Church
Location117 Mulberry St., Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Coordinates37°41′40″N 85°51′38″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1868
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
MPSHardin County MRA
NRHP reference No.88001803[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 4, 1988

It is a one-story brick church built with Romanesque Revival style. It has a square bell tower rising from the center of its front facade, with the original arched entrance and brick corbels. Stained glass windows are recessed in brick bays separated by pilasters. There is a c.1970 one-story frame addition at the rear.[2][3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Philip Thomason (December 2, 1986). "Historic Resources of Hardin County: Embry Chapel Church (HDE-24)". National Park Service. Retrieved March 22, 2018. With two photos from 1983.
  3. Philip Thomason (December 2, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hardin County Multiple Resource Area - Partial Inventory". National Park Service. Retrieved March 22, 2018.


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