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Jacoby Church and Cemetery is a historic community
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and
cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
located in Center Township,
Marshall County, Indiana Marshall County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2020 recorded the population at 46,095. The county seat (and only city) is Plymouth. History The Indiana State Legislature passed an omnibus county bill on 7 February 1835 that a ...
. The church was built in 1860, and is a one-story,
Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...
style frame building, measuring 32 feet by 40 feet. The front facade features a projecting
bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
/ vestibule added in 1910. The cemetery was established in 1850, and contains approximately 166 burials. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.


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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Greek Revival church buildings in Indiana 1850 establishments in Indiana Churches completed in 1860 Buildings and structures in Marshall County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Indiana {{MarshallCountyIN-NRHP-stub