Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery is an historic
Carpenter Gothic style
Episcopal Church building and its adjoining cemetery located at 335 Main Street in
Pineville, Louisiana, United States.
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 2000. Mt. Olivet is no longer a parish church and is now Mount Olivet Chapel. Its parish hall is now the Diocesan House of the
Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana.
Notable interments
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George Washington Bolton
George Washington Bolton (September 15, 1841 – August 2, 1931) was a state legislator, businessman, and school board member in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
Early life
George Washington Bolton was born to Eliza (née Burbridge) and Elisha P. Bo ...
(1841–1931), state politician and banker
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Henry E. Hardtner (1870–1935), businessman and conservationist
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Thomas Overton Moore (1804–1876), Louisiana Governor
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John H. Overton
John Holmes Overton Sr. (September 17, 1875 – May 14, 1948), was an attorney and Democratic US Representative and US Senator from Louisiana. His nephew, Thomas Overton Brooks, was also a US representative, from the Shreveport-based 4th distri ...
(1875–1948), U.S. Representative and Senator
References
External links
Mt. Olivet Chapel & Cemetery History*
{{National Register of Historic Places
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Louisiana
Churches completed in 1858
Episcopal church buildings in Louisiana
19th-century Episcopal church buildings
Anglican cemeteries in the United States
Cemeteries in Louisiana
Churches in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Pineville, Louisiana
National Register of Historic Places in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
1858 establishments in Louisiana