Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site is a park in

Monroe County, Kentucky Monroe County is a county located in the Eastern Pennyroyal Plateau region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Tompkinsville. The county is named for President James Monroe. It is a prohibition or dry county. History Monroe Count ...

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Old Mulkey Meetinghouse The Old Mulkey Meetinghouse, also known as Mill Creek Baptist Church, is a historic church built in 1804 in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) ...

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church built around the turn of the 19th century, and its adjacent cemetery. The site became part of the park system in 1931. The oldest log meetinghouse in Kentucky, it was built in 1804 during a period of religious revival. Many Revolutionary War soldiers and pioneers, including Daniel Boone's sister, Hannah, are buried there. The structure has twelve corners in the shape of a cross and three doors, symbolic of the Holy Trinity. The Old Mulkey Church, originally called the Mill Creek Baptist Church, was established by a small band of pioneer Baptists from North and South Carolina and led by Philip Mulkey.

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Old Mulkey Meeting House State Historic Site
{{Kentucky Parks Kentucky State Historic Sites Protected areas established in 1931 Protected areas of Monroe County, Kentucky 1931 establishments in Kentucky