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Near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Pisgah Church

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Pisgah Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 13, 2010
1. Pisgah Church Marker
Inscription. Pioneer Presbyterian Church, organized in 1784. Here Kentucky Academy opened in 1797. The school united with Transylvania University in 1798.
 
Erected by Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 86.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationNotable BuildingsReligion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1784.
 
Location. 38° 2.665′ N, 84° 39.411′ W. Marker is near Versailles, Kentucky, in Woodford County. It is at the intersection of Versailles Road (U.S. 60) and Pisgah Pike (State Highway 1967), on the right when traveling west on Versailles Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 230 Pisgah Pike, Versailles KY 40383, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Bluegrass Region and in Greater Lexington Area. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Albert Benjamin Chandler / Gov. Albert B. Chandler (here, next to this marker); Lt. Gen. Field Harris, USMC (approx. 0.6 miles away); Pisgah Church Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Calmes Tomb (approx. 2.4 miles away); Buck Pond (approx. 2.4 miles away); Hemp in Kentucky / Woodford County Hemp (approx. 2.4 miles away); Huntertown
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(approx. 2.4 miles away); Keeneland (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Versailles.
 
Pisgah Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 13, 2010
2. Pisgah Church Marker
Intersection of US60 and KY Highway 1967 (Pisgah Pike), looking West along US60.
Pisgah Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 13, 2010
3. Pisgah Church
Church is located at 710 Pisgah Pike, Versailles, KY.
Pisgah Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 13, 2010
4. Pisgah Church
Pisgah Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 13, 2010
5. Pisgah Church
Engraving above the church door indicating significant dates in the church's history.
Pisgah Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 13, 2010
6. Pisgah Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,376 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on July 15, 2012, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 18, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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