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First Presbyterian Church

Image: Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz MD, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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First Presbyterian Church

by Cincinnatus Shryock

171 Market St, Lexington, KY

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About this landmark

Gothic church by Cincinnatus Shryock, an elder of the congregation, with a tall front tower, copper spire and stained glass. The congregation began in 1784 as Mount Zion Church and moved into this building in 1874, making it one of Lexington's oldest.

First Presbyterian Church

171 Market St, Lexington, KY

Lexington

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Year Built: 1874
Architect: Cincinnatus Shryock
Style: Gothic
Period: Gilded Age
Era: 1874

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