Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historic church in
Mammoth Cave National Park in
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
. It was built in 1827 and added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1991.
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The church was established in 1827. The current building was built in 1927 after the original was destroyed in a tornado. It is a one-story gable-front frame building, on a foundation of stacked sandstone blocks.][ With .]
Notable burials
* Floyd Collins
William Floyd Collins (July 20, 1887 – February 13, 1925) was an American cave explorer, principally in a region of Kentucky that houses hundreds of miles of interconnected caves, today a part of Mammoth Cave National Park, the longes ...
(1887–1925), cave explorer and famous cave accident victim
See also
* Good Spring Baptist Church and Cemetery: also in Mammoth Cave National Park
* Joppa Baptist Church and Cemetery: also in Mammoth Cave National Park
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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Mammoth Cave National Park
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Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Baptist cemeteries in the United States
Baptist churches in Kentucky
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Churches in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Edmonson County, Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Mammoth Cave National Park
1927 establishments in Kentucky
Churches completed in 1927
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