Mount Vernon AME Church (Gamaliel, Kentucky)

{{short description|Historic church in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church

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| image = Mount-vernon-ame-church-ky1.jpg

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| nearest_city = Gamaliel, Kentucky

| coordinates = {{coord|36|40|28|N|85|47|57|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Kentucky#USA

| built = 1848

| architect = Pipkin, George, et al.

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| added = November 17, 1977

| area = {{convert|0.5|acre}}

| refnum = 77000639{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church, also known as Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic church located north of Gamaliel, Kentucky on Kentucky Route 100. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

It is a one-room one-story log structure built with dovetail notching. It was built by emancipated slaves in 1848. It was the first black church in Monroe County, and it served as a school as well.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=77000639}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mount Vernon A.M.E. Church |publisher=National Park Service|author=Mary Cronan Oppel |date=April 1977 |accessdate=December 14, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=77000639|photos=y|title=six photos from 1977 and a map}}.