The St. Peters AME Church in Harrodsburg,

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, is a historic church at Lexington Street and

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. It was added to the

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in 1989. It is an

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church. The congregation was founded in 1839. The present church was built by contractor George Sallee Jr., with work contributed by members of the congregation during 1917 to 1918. With .

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