Bethel Church and Graveyard

Bethel Church and Graveyard

Bethel Church and Graveyard, April 2012
Location Bethel Rd., 0.5 miles west of its junction with Riverside Rd. and east of Attica, Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana
Coordinates 40°17′47″N 87°10′39″W / 40.29639°N 87.17750°W / 40.29639; -87.17750Coordinates: 40°17′47″N 87°10′39″W / 40.29639°N 87.17750°W / 40.29639; -87.17750
Area 7.3 acres (3.0 ha)
Built 1825 (1825), 1850
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 95000203[1]
Added to NRHP March 3, 1995

Bethel Church and Graveyard, also known as Bethel Community Church, is a historic church and cemetery located at Logan Township, Fountain County, Indiana. The church was built in 1850, and is a one-story, simple Greek Revival style timber frame building. It measures 36 feet wide and 50 feet deep. It has a medium pitched gable roof and sits on a sandstone block foundation coated in stucco. The congregation has been meeting on this site since 1825. The first marked burial in the adjacent cemetery dates to 1825.[2]:5, 7

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-10-01. Note: This includes Jeffrey L. Bossaer and Suzanne Fischer (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bethel Church and Graveyard" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-10-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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