The Paint Lick Presbyterian Church is a historic church at KY 52 in
Paint Lick,
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 to ...
. The
Gothic Revival
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
church was built in 1879 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
[
It was deemed significant as "]Garrard County
Garrard County ( ;) is a county located in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the county's population was 16,953. Its county seat is Lancaster. The county was formed in 1796 and was named for James Garrard, Governor o ...
's best example of a rural Italianate brick sanctuary as well as housing one of the area's oldest Presbyterian congregations" (founded in 1782).[ With .]
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Presbyterian churches in Kentucky
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Gothic Revival church buildings in Kentucky
Churches completed in 1879
19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
Churches in Garrard County, Kentucky
1879 establishments in Kentucky
National Register of Historic Places in Garrard County, Kentucky
Italianate architecture in Kentucky
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