Wesley Methodist Church (Kentucky)
church building in Kentucky, United States of America
The Wesley Methodist Church, located on Haunz Lane in Oldham County near the Jefferson County line in Kentucky, is a historic church which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
It was built in 1824 and, in its 1984 Kentucky historic resources site inventory, it was identified as the "only known unaltered early stone church" in Kentucky.
It is a one-room dry stone front-gable church, about 32 by 44 feet (9.8 m × 13.4 m) in plan, with three windows on each side.
It was built by Silas Bobbitt, age 20, and Bruce Jean, age 18.
The public source identifies “Wesley Methodist Church (Kentucky)” as church building in Kentucky, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Wesley, Methodist and Church.
Why this record matters
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7983971. Authority coordinates are 38.332, -85.535. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987, 1824 and 1984.
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