Bethel Church and Graveyard


Bethel Church and Graveyard
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Bethel Church and Graveyard, April 2012
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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 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "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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