Historical Marker

Severns Valley Baptist Church

112 West Poplar St., Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown · Hardin

Kentucky marker

Inscription

The oldest continuing Baptist congregation west of Allegheny Mts., organized June 17, 1781, near Hynes Station. Preceded by log structures, this edifice completed, 1834, by John Y. Hill. Sold to First Baptist Church, 1897, and services held until 1974, except when USA soldiers used building as hospital, 1865.

Listed on National Register of Historic Places, 1974.

Location

Address112 West Poplar St., Elizabethtown
CityElizabethtown
CountyHardin

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