Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church

The Olive Branch United Methodist Church is a historic church in Finchville, Kentucky. It was established in 1801 at Pickets Dam. Current facility was built in 1861.

Olive Branch United Methodist Church
Nearest cityFinchville, Kentucky
Coordinates38°7′38″N 85°15′45″W
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Builtc. 1861
Built byJohn Ford, Younger Ford, and Boswell, Taylor
Architectural styleAntebellum Vernacular
MPSShelby County MRA
NRHP reference No.88002895[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1988

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

The building appears to have been built in about 1861 and was on a circuit with the Rockbridge Church and the Methodist church in Graefenburg. It is a brick gable-end entry church.[2]

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