Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery
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Historic church in Louisiana, United States
United States historic place
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| Location | 335 Main Street, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 31°19′5′′N 92°26′22′′W / 31.31806°N 92.43944°W / 31.31806; -92.43944 |
| Area | 5.3 acres (2.1 ha) |
| Built | 1858 |
| Architect | Upjohn, Richard; et al. |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 00000718 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 2000 |
Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal Church building and its adjoining cemetery located at 335 Main Street in Pineville, Louisiana, United States.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 2000. Mt. Olivet is no longer a parish church and is now Mount Olivet Chapel. Its parish hall is now the Diocesan House of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana.[2]
Notable interments
[edit ]- George Washington Bolton (1841–1931), state politician and banker[3] [4]
- Henry E. Hardtner (1870–1935), businessman and conservationist[4]
- Thomas Overton Moore (1804–1876), Louisiana Governor
- John H. Overton (1875–1948), U.S. Representative and Senator[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Mount Olivet Chapel and Diocesan House Archived 2008年07月25日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography - Dictionary B". Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mt. Olivet Cemetery burials". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
External links
[edit ]Media related to Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church (Pineville, Louisiana) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Carpenter Gothic church buildings in Louisiana
- Churches completed in 1858
- Episcopal church buildings in Louisiana
- 19th-century Episcopal church buildings
- Anglican cemeteries in the United States
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Churches in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- Pineville, Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- 1858 establishments in Louisiana