Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Grace Episcopal
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011
1. Grace Episcopal Marker
Grace Church was organized in 1848 in the home of Adam Rankin Hickman. First structure, built of lumber cut in Louisville and floated downstream, was located on riverfront near Market Street. Consecrated on April 21, 1851. During Civil War property was confiscated by U.S. government and church was used as hospital.
Erected 1967 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1090.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1816.
Location. 37° 5.069′ N, 88° 36.197′ W. Marker is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County. It is on Broadway Street just east of 9th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Paducah KY 42001, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Adolphus Owen (within shouting distance of this marker); Boy Scout Troop 1 (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Broadway Methodist (about 500 feet away); Tilghman House (about 600 feet away); Tilghman Home (about 600 feet away); First Presbyterian Church
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2. Grace Episcopal Church
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Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011
3. Grace Episcopal Church
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011
4. Grace Episcopal Church
Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011
5. Grace Episcopal Church
Credits. This page was last revised on September 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 795 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on September 24, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on September 17, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. 2. submitted on July 24, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 17, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
